Transgenic mice expressing a surfactant protein-B-urokinase-fusion protein in the distal respiratory epithelium show an attenuated fibrotic response to bleomycin-induced lung injury

P. Markart, C. Ruppert, M. Wygrecka, T. Weaver, W. Seeger, A. Guenther (Giessen, Germany; Cincinnati, United States Of America)

Source: Annual Congress 2005 - In vivo - approaches to lung injury
Session: In vivo - approaches to lung injury
Session type: Oral Presentation
Number: 3024
Disease area: Interstitial lung diseases

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