Nature Communications (May 2021)

Club cell-specific role of programmed cell death 5 in pulmonary fibrosis

  • Soo-Yeon Park,
  • Jung Yeon Hong,
  • Soo Yeon Lee,
  • Seung-Hyun Lee,
  • Mi Jeong Kim,
  • Soo Yeon Kim,
  • Kyung Won Kim,
  • Hyo Sup Shim,
  • Moo Suk Park,
  • Chun Geun Lee,
  • Jack A. Elias,
  • Myung Hyun Sohn,
  • Ho-Geun Yoon

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23277-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a fatal adult lung disease. Here the authors investigate the functional significance of PDCD5 in club cells as a mediator of lung fibrosis and potential therapeutic target for IPF.