Eosinophilic inflammation and worsening of lung function upon pirfenidone treatment in Fra-2 transgenic mice

A. Gungl (Graz, Austria), V. Biasin (Graz, Austria), C. Slaven (Graz, Austria), L. Marsh (Graz, Austria), G. Kwapiszewska (Graz, Austria), H. Olschewski (Graz, Austria)

Source: International Congress 2018 – Pulmonary fibrosis: from models to patients
Session: Pulmonary fibrosis: from models to patients
Session type: Thematic Poster
Number: 997
Disease area: Interstitial lung diseases

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