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The Role of Aging in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.
Lung - 1 Aug 2015
Leung Joseph, Cho Young, Lockey Richard F, Kolliputi Narasaiah
Abstract excerpt
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) has been gathering interest in recent years and as such this review will focus on the potential contributions that age plays on its onset and prevalence. Environmental stress over time caused by the inhalation of foreign substances results in subsequent damage and repair of lung tissue. This damage prematurely causes a decrease in stem cell differentiation potential. In...
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