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Category: Lung homeostasis

Plasticity towards Rigidity: A Macrophage Conundrum in
Pulmonary Fibrosis

Abstract: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive, chronic, and ultimately fatal diffuse parenchymal lung disease. The molecular mechanisms of fibrosis in IPF patients are not fully understood and there is a lack of effective treatments. For decades, different types of drugs such as immunosuppressants and antioxidants have been tested, usually with unsuccessful results. Although […]