Heterologous Matrix Metalloproteinase Gene Promoter Activity Allows In Vivo Real-time Imaging of Bleomycin-Induced Lung Fibrosis in Transiently Transgenized Mice.

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Published in Front Immunol on March 01, 2017

Authors

Fabio Franco Stellari1, Francesca Ruscitti1, Daniela Pompilio2, Francesca Ravanetti3, Giulia Tebaldi3, Francesca Macchi3, Andrea Elizabeth Verna3, Gino Villetti1, Gaetano Donofrio3

Author Affiliations

1: Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A., Corporate Pre-Clinical R&D , Parma , Italy.
2: Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A., Corporate Pre-Clinical R&D, Parma, Italy; Dipartimento di Scienze Medico Veterinarie, Università di Parma, Parma, Italy.
3: Dipartimento di Scienze Medico Veterinarie, Università di Parma , Parma , Italy.

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