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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Warheit-Niemi HI
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6593479 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Clinical & translational immunology 20190626 6
Lung fibrosis is characterised by the accumulation of extracellular matrix within the lung and is secondary to both known and unknown aetiologies. This accumulation of scar tissue limits gas exchange causing respiratory insufficiency. The pathogenesis of lung fibrosis is poorly understood, but immunologic-based treatments have been largely ineffective. Despite this, accumulating evidence suggests that innate immune cells and receptors play important modulatory roles in the initiation and propaga ...[more]