The potential use of immunomodulatory peptides from Brazilian scorpion Tityus obscurus as pharmacological therapy for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

K. Simon (Brasília, Brazil), C. Melo-Silva, (Brasília, Brazil), P. Veloso-Junior (Brasília, Brazil), V. Amado (Brasília, Brazil), F. Cavalcante-Neto (Brasília, Brazil), A. Bocca (Brasília, Brazil)

Source: International Congress 2018 – Novel insights in the basic and translational research on idiopathic interstitial pneumonias
Disease area: Interstitial lung diseases

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