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The Role of Immunity and Inflammation in IPF Pathogenesis

  • Butler M
  • Keane M
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-99975-3_6
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IPF is thought to be a consequence of repetitive micro-injury to ageing alveolar epithelium by factors including tobacco smoke, environmental exposures, microbial colonisation/infection, microaspiration, endoplasmic reticulum stress and oxidative stress, with...

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Butler, M. W., & Keane, M. P. (2019). The Role of Immunity and Inflammation in IPF Pathogenesis (pp. 97–131). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99975-3_6

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