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Pathobiology of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Paul Wolters,MD Professor University of California, San Francisco
Outline
- Predisposition to Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
(IPF)
– Epidemiology of IPF – Genetic predisposition
- Initiation of IPF
– Epithelial cell dysfunction
- Telomere dysfunction
- Propagation of IPF
– Pathologic Matrix
- Relevance of IPF pathobiology to other fibrotic