Identification of core genes in the extracellular matrix and the regulatory mechanisms of the immune microenvironment in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis using WGCNA and machine learning methods

• Man Wang,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China

  https://orcid.org/0009-0008-5134-9305

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• Lu Liu,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China

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• Yang Liu,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China

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• Shihuan Yu

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: yushihuan2000@126.com

  Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China

  https://orcid.org/0009-0001-3779-9042

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