Induction of epithelial-mesenchymal transition in alveolar epithelial cells by transforming growth factor-beta1: potential role in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

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Published in Am J Pathol on May 01, 2005

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Brigham C Willis1, Janice M Liebler, Katherine Luby-Phelps, Andrew G Nicholson, Edward D Crandall, Roland M du Bois, Zea Borok

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1: Department of Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, California, USA.

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