Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5860347 | Toxicology Letters | 2014 | 13 Pages |
Abstract
- MWCNT induced pulmonary fibrosis in a length dependent manner.
- Only long MWCNT produced the observed pulmonary fibrosis in C57Bl/6J mice.
- EMT contributed to the adverse outcome of pulmonary fibrosis induced by MWCNT.
- TGF-β/p-Smad2 signaling pathway played a pivotal role in the occurrence of EMT.
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Authors
Tian Chen, Haiyu Nie, Xin Gao, Jinglin Yang, Ji Pu, Zhangjian Chen, Xiaoxing Cui, Yun Wang, Haifang Wang, Guang Jia,