Immunoexpression of TGF-β/Smad and VEGF-A proteins in serum and BAL fluid of sarcoidosis patients

Wojciech J. Piotrowski,Justyna Kiszałkiewicz,Paweł Górski,Adam Antczak,Witold Górski,Dorota Pastuszak-Lewandoska,Monika Migdalska-Sęk,Daria Domańska-Senderowska,Ewa Nawrot,Karolina H. Czarnecka,Zofia Kurmanowska,Ewa Brzeziańska-Lasota

Immunoexpression of TGF-β/Smad and VEGF-A proteins in serum and BAL fluid of sarcoidosis patients

2015

Wojciech J. Piotrowski
Justyna Kiszałkiewicz
Paweł Górski
Adam Antczak
Witold Górski
Dorota Pastuszak-Lewandoska
Monika Migdalska-Sęk
Daria Domańska-Senderowska
Ewa Nawrot
Karolina H. Czarnecka
Zofia Kurmanowska
Ewa Brzeziańska-Lasota

Background The chronic course of pulmonary sarcoidosis can lead to lung dysfunction due to fibrosis, in which the signalling pathways TGF-β/Smad and VEGF-A may play a key role.

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Biology
SMAD
Immunology
Angiogenesis
Fibrosis
Sarcoidosis
Lung
Vascular endothelial growth factor A
Transforming growth factor beta
Biomarker (medicine)
Pathology
Medicine

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