The Plasminogen Activation System Reduces Fibrosis in the Lung by a Hepatocyte Growth Factor-Dependent Mechanism
- 1 March 2004
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in The American Journal of Pathology
- Vol. 164 (3), 1091-1098
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0002-9440(10)63196-3
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Funding Information
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (P50-HL-56402, K08-HL-04434)
- National Institutes of Health (P50-HL-56402, K08-HL-04434)
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