Increased susceptibility to gammaherpesvirus-induced lung fibrosis of transgenic mice with conditional overexpression of the ER-stress-factor Chop in alveolar epithelium

M. Korfei (Giessen, Germany), M. Smaida (Giessen, Germany), O. Klymenko (Giessen, Germany), C. Ruppert (Giessen, Germany), I. Henneke (Giessen, Germany), I. Shalashova (Giessen, Germany), M. Huehn (Giessen, Germany), P. Mahavadi (Giessen, Germany), S. Herold (Giessen, Germany), W. Seeger (Giessen, Germany), H. Adler (Munich, Germany), A. Guenther (Giessen, Germany)

Source: International Congress 2019 – Extracellular matrix formation and remodelling in physiology and disease
Session: Extracellular matrix formation and remodelling in physiology and disease
Session type: Poster Discussion
Number: 588
Disease area: Interstitial lung diseases

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