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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Ding Q
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3955181 | biostudies-literature | 2011 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Drugs 20110501 8
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is the most common and lethal of the idiopathic interstitial pneumonias. There are currently no effective pharmacological therapies approved for the treatment of IPF. Despite the focus on targeting fibrogenic pathways, recent clinical trials have been largely disappointing. Progress is being made in elucidating key cellular processes and molecular pathways critical to IPF pathogenesis, and this should facilitate the development of more effective therapeutics f ...[more]