Gene expression in lung fibroblasts

ABSTRACT: Pulmonary fibrosis is a chronic, progressive, and lethal interstitial lung disease. It is characterized by extracellular matrix deposition, fibroblast proliferation, and accumulation. Fibroblasts from normal or UIP histology were cultured and analyzed. Keywords: Fibroblasts from normal histology lung tissue or UIP histology lung tissue Five samples of primary human lung fibroblasts were obtained from explanted lungs of patients with Usual Interstitial Pneumonia (UIP) at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (Pittsburgh, PA, USA) and three samples of primary normal human lung fibroblasts were acquired from normal histololgy lung tissues of organ donors. The experimental protocol was approved by the University of Pittsburgh Institutional Reviews Board (IRB). Total RNA was extracted and

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

SUBMITTER: Louis Vuga 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-10921 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress