Ramirez, R; Sampieri, CL; Nuttall, RK; Edwards, DR; Selman, M; García-Alvarez, J; Pardo-Cemo, Annie
(2006)
Background: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is characterized by fibroblast expansion and extracellular matrix accumulation. Some secreted matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) as MMP2 are highly upregulated in IPF lungs. ...