Title : Expression of TGF-beta 1, PDGF and IGF-1 mRNA in lung of bleomycin-A5-induced pulmonary fibrosis in rats.

Pub. Date : 1996 Jul

PMID : 9206100






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1 CONCLUSIONS: AMs are the main sources of TGF-beta 1 and PDGF in the lung tissues with fibrosis induced by Bleomycin-A5 AMs are activated in the first weekend and secrete TGF-beta 1 and PDGF to promote fibroblasts proliferation and fibrosis. Bleomycin transforming growth factor, beta 1 Rattus norvegicus