Interleukin-17 induces human alveolar epithelial to mesenchymal cell transition via the TGF-β1 mediated Smad2/3 and ERK1/2 activation

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About the Authors

Ting Wang

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

Yuan Liu

Roles Methodology, Software

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

Jing-Feng Zou

Roles Software

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

Zhen-Shun Cheng

Roles Formal analysis, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Pulmonary fibrosis
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ERK signaling cascade
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SMAD signaling
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Epithelial cells
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Gene expression
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Phosphorylation
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Phenotypes
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MAPK signaling cascades
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