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- Title
Production and activation of matrix metalloproteinase 7 (matrilysin 1) in the lungs of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
- Authors
Fujishima, Seitaro; Shiomi, Takayuki; Yamashita, Shuji; Yogo, Yurika; Nakano, Yasushi; Inoue, Takashi; Nakamura, Morio; Tasaka, Sadatomo; Hasegawa, Naoki; Aikawa, Naoki; Ishizaka, Akitoshi; Okada, Yasunori
- Abstract
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is characterized by diffuse interstitial inflammation and fibroblast proliferation with accelerated remodeling of extracellular matrix, which result in irreversible destruction of the lung's architecture.
- Publication
Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine, 2010, Vol 134, Issue 8, p1136
- ISSN
1543-2165
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1043/2009-0144-OA.1