Abstracts tagged "pulmonary fibrosis and transforming growth factor"

Abstract Number: 974 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017
Leucine-Rich α-2 Glycoprotein Promotes Lung Fibrosis By Modulating TGF-β Signaling in Fibroblasts
Hiromi Honda, Minoru Fujimoto, Satoshi Serada, Hyun Lee, Tomoharu Ohkawara and Tetsuji Naka, Center for Intractable Immune Disease, Kochi University, Nankoku, Japan
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is one of the most common extraarticular manifestation of rheumatoid arthritis. ILD is characterized by progressive fibrosis of the lung…