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Megakaryoblastic leukemia-1 is required for the development of bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis.
Respiratory research - 27 Mar 2015
Bernau Ksenija, Ngam Caitlyn, Torr Elizabeth E, Acton Benjamin, Kach Jacob, Dulin Nickolai O, Sandbo Nathan
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BACKGROUND: Fibrosing disorders of the lung, such as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, are characterized by progressive extracellular matrix accumulation that is driven by myofibroblasts. The transcription factor megakaryoblastic leukemia-1 (MKL1) mediates myofibroblast differentiation in response to several profibrotic stimuli, but the role it plays in mediating pulmonary fibrosis has not been fully elucidated. In...
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