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Thy1 (+) and (-) lung fibrosis subpopulations in LEW and F344 rats
1 Dec 1994
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Appreciation of the potential of fibroblasts as effector cells in inflammation has led to the recognition of fibroblast subpopulations, the most stable of which are the Thy1 (+) and Thy1 (-) subpopulations in mouse lung fibroblasts. We investigated the presence of Thy1 (+) and (-) fibroblasts in rats, comparing the percentage in primary cultures from rats with different susceptibility to fibrosis, and whether the...
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