Regulation of alternative macrophage activation by galectin-3; potential role in lung fibrosis

A. C. MacKinnon, M. A. Gibbons, S. L. Farnworth, S. J. Forbes, T. Sethi (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)

Source: Annual Congress 2009 - What is new in molecular pathology and functional genomics of neoplastic and non-neoplastic lung disease?
Disease area: Interstitial lung diseases

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