The role of epithelial-mesenchymal transition in the post-lung transplantation bronchiolitis obliterans

The role of epithelial-mesenchymal transition in the post-lung transplantation bronchiolitis obliterans

Abstract Background Many patients who receive lung transplantation (LT) operations develop varying degrees of bronchiolitis obliterans (BO) after the surgeries. Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is considered to be related to the process of bronchiolitis obliterans. In this study we simulated...

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Main Authors: Chong Zhang, Yuequn Niu, Li Yu, Wang Lv, Haichao Xu, Abudumailamu Abuduwufuer, Jinlin Cao, Jian Hu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-12-01
Series:Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Subjects:
Lung transplantation
Chronic rejection
Bronchiolitis obliterans
Epithelial-mesenchymal transition
E-cadherin
Vimentin
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13019-017-0673-6

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