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Mechanical stress-induced mast cell degranulation activates TGF-β1 signalling pathway in pulmonary fibrosis

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  • Chiko Shimbori St Joseph’s Healthcare and Department of Medicine, Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health, McMaster University Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Chandak Upagupta St Joseph’s Healthcare and Department of Medicine, Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health, McMaster University Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Pierre-Simon Bellaye St Joseph’s Healthcare and Department of Medicine, Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health, McMaster University Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Ehab A Ayaub St Joseph’s Healthcare and Department of Medicine, Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health, McMaster University Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Seidai Sato St Joseph’s Healthcare and Department of Medicine, Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health, McMaster University Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Toyoshi Yanagihara St Joseph’s Healthcare and Department of Medicine, Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health, McMaster University Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Quan Zhou St Joseph’s Healthcare and Department of Medicine, Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health, McMaster University Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Alexander Ognjanovic St Joseph’s Healthcare and Department of Medicine, Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health, McMaster University Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Kjetil Ask St Joseph’s Healthcare and Department of Medicine, Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health, McMaster University Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Jack Gauldie St Joseph’s Healthcare and Department of Medicine, Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health, McMaster University Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Paul Forsythe St Joseph’s Healthcare and Department of Medicine, Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health, McMaster University Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada McMaster Brain-Body Institute, The Research Institute of St Joseph’s Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Martin R J Kolb St Joseph’s Healthcare and Department of Medicine, Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health, McMaster University Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Martin R J Kolb, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8N 4A6, Canada; kolbm{at}mcmaster.ca
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Citation

Shimbori C, Upagupta C, Bellaye P, et al
Mechanical stress-induced mast cell degranulation activates TGF-β1 signalling pathway in pulmonary fibrosis
Thorax 2019;74:455-465.

Publication history

  • Received January 10, 2018
  • Revised October 29, 2018
  • Accepted November 26, 2018
  • First published February 27, 2019.
Online issue publication 
April 11, 2019

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