Glucocorticoids promote TGF-β signalling in lung fibroblasts by upregulating ligand and receptor expression, and uncoupling negative-feedback inhibition

J. Schwartze, L. Wujak, W. Seeger, N. Kneidinger, R. Morty (Giessen, Germany)

Source: Annual Congress 2010 - Recent developments of molecular pathology and functional genomics in non-neoplastic and neoplastic lung diseases
Disease area: Airway diseases

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