Simvastatin attenuates cigarette-smoke- induced emphysema and promotion of alveolar epithelial cell proliferation in rats

S. Xia, J. Kang, D. Hua, S. Wang, B. Pang (Shenyang, China)

Source: Annual Congress 2010 - Recent developments of molecular pathology and functional genomics in chronic and acute airway diseases
Disease area: Airway diseases

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