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Solving the Mysterious Case of an Inflammatory Molecule's Role in Lung Fibrosis (1 of 4)

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Solving the Mysterious Case of an Inflammatory Molecule's Role in Lung Fibrosis (1 of 4)

image: The molecule IL-11 promoted fibrotic pathways (green) in human lung cells, although less than TGF-beta 1. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Sept. 25, 2019, issue of Science Translational Medicine, published by AAAS. The paper, by B. Ng at National Heart Centre Singapore in Singapore, Singapore; and colleagues was titled, "Interleukin-11 is a therapeutic target in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis." view more 

Credit: Credit: B. Ng <i>et al., Science Translational Medicine</i> (2019)


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