Abstracts tagged "Fibroblasts and mast cells"

Abstract Number: 1854 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2013
The Involvement Of Mast Cells In The Development Of Lung Fibrosis Via Modulating Pulmonary Fibroblast Immune Function
Shinjiro Kaieda¹, Morihisa Tajiri², Masaki Okamoto³, Naomi Yoshida⁴, Hiroaki Ida⁵, Tomoaki Hoshino⁴ and Takaaki Fukuda⁶, ¹Department of Medicine, *Division of Respirology, Neurology and Rheumatology, Kurume University School of Medicine, kurume, Japan, ²Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Respirology, Neurology and Rheumatology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan, ³Department of Internal medicine, Division of respirology, Neurology and Rheumatology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan, ⁴Department of Medicine, Division of Respirology, Neurology and Rheumatology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan, ⁵Department of Internal Medicine, Division of REspirology, Neurology and Rheumatology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan, ⁶Center for Rheumatic Diseases, Kurume University Medical Center, Kurume, Japan
Background/Purpose: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is an interstitial lung disease of unknown etiology; the most critical event in the evolution of fibrosis is the appearance…