Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: new insights in its pathogenesis

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Prevailing and Evolving Hypotheses about Its Pathogenesis and Implications for Therapy

2001 • 1,727 citations

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

2001 • 956 citations

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

2001 • 628 citations

TIMP-1, -2, -3, and -4 in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. A prevailing nondegradative lung microenvironment?

2000 • 412 citations

Platelet-derived growth factor in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

1990 • 376 citations

Fibroblasts from Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis and Normal Lungs Differ in Growth Rate, Apoptosis, and Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinases Expression

2001 • 348 citations

Alveolar epithelial cell death adjacent to underlying myofibroblasts in advanced fibrotic human lung

1998 • 291 citations

Relationship of alveolar epithelial injury and repair to the induction of pulmonary fibrosis.

1988 • 287 citations

Expression of endothelin-1 in lungs of patients with cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis

1993 • 284 citations

Pulmonary Fibrosis—A possible mechanism

1979 • 213 citations

Type II alveolar epithelial cells and interstitial fibroblasts express connective tissue growth factor in IPF

2001 • 192 citations

Tissue Factor Expression and Fibrin Deposition in the Lungs of Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis and Systemic Sclerosis

1997 • 151 citations

Cytoskeletal protein modulation in pulmonary alveolar myofibroblasts during idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Possible role of transforming growth factor beta and tumor necrosis factor alpha.

1995 • 146 citations

Fibroblasts isolated after fibrotic lung injury induce apoptosis of alveolar epithelial cells in vitro

1995 • 143 citations

Immunoreactive interleukin 4 and interferon-? expression by type II alveolar epithelial cells in interstitial lung disease

1999 • 80 citations

AP-1-dependent induction of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 by nickel does not require reactive oxygen

2001 • 22 citations