University of Alabama Birmingham: A Modified Protein Appears to Trigger Lung Fibrosis After Environmental Exposure
March 18, 2021
March 18, 2021
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, March 18 (TNSRes) -- The University of Alabama Birmingham campus issued the following news:
The triggers and causes of a severe scarring disease of the lungs -- idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, or IPF -- remain unclear.
Now research published in Science Translational Medicine shows how cadmium and carbon black can trigger lung macrophages to produce a modified protein, citrullinated vimentin, or cit vim, which leads to lung fibrosis. Researchers from . . .
The triggers and causes of a severe scarring disease of the lungs -- idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, or IPF -- remain unclear.
Now research published in Science Translational Medicine shows how cadmium and carbon black can trigger lung macrophages to produce a modified protein, citrullinated vimentin, or cit vim, which leads to lung fibrosis. Researchers from . . .