Early phase collagen synthesis in lungs
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Brent E Van Hoozen; Katharine L Grimmer; Gregory P Marelich; Lucas C Armstrong;
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Article
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2000
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Elsevier Science
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English
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Skin wound healing exhibits type III collagen synthesis occurring transiently as early as 10 h after injury, with subsequent synthesis of type I to form a scar. We hypothesized that similar collagen type switching also occurred in the bleomycin model of lung fibrosis in the rat. We could measure ele