Cytokines in human lung fibrosis
- 1 January 1996
- book chapter
- Published by Springer Nature
- Vol. 18, 127-139
- https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-61105-6_14
Abstract
Fibrosis is a pathological process characterized by the replacement of normal tissue by mesenchymal cells and the extracellular matrix produced by these cells.Keywords
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