Lung Myofibroblasts Are Characterized by Down-Regulated Cyclooxygenase-2 and Its Main Metabolite, Prostaglandin E2

Marta Gabasa; Dolores Royo; Maria Molina-Molina; Jordi Roca-Ferrer; Laura Pujols; Cesar Picado; Antoni Xaubet; Javier Pereda

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0065445

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Lung Myofibroblasts Are Characterized by Down-Regulated Cyclooxygenase-2 and Its Main Metabolite, Prostaglandin E2

Marta Gabasa,

Affiliations Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona. Spain, Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Spain
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Dolores Royo,

Affiliations Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona. Spain, Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Spain
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Maria Molina-Molina,

Affiliations Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Spain, Servei de Pneumologia, Grup de Recerca Pneumològic, Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques de Bellvitge (IDIBELL), Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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Jordi Roca-Ferrer,

Affiliations Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona. Spain, Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Spain
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Laura Pujols,

Affiliations Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona. Spain, Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Spain
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Cesar Picado,

Affiliations Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Spain, Servei de Pneumologia I Al·lèrgia Respiratòria. Institut Clínic Del Tórax, Hospital Clínic, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
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Antoni Xaubet ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Antoni Xaubet, Javier Pereda

* E-mail: axaubet@clinic.ub.es

Affiliations Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Spain, Servei de Pneumologia I Al·lèrgia Respiratòria. Institut Clínic Del Tórax, Hospital Clínic, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
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Javier Pereda

Contributed equally to this work with: Antoni Xaubet, Javier Pereda

Affiliations Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona. Spain, Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Red de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Spain, Departament de Fisiologia, Facultat de Farmàcia, Universitat de València, Valencia. Spain
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Lung Myofibroblasts Are Characterized by Down-Regulated Cyclooxygenase-2 and Its Main Metabolite, Prostaglandin E2

Marta Gabasa,
Dolores Royo,
Maria Molina-Molina,
Jordi Roca-Ferrer,
Laura Pujols,
Cesar Picado,
Antoni Xaubet,
Javier Pereda

Published: June 3, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0065445

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