Wei Rao

May 31, 2024 | digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu | Shan Wang |Wei Rao |Ashley Hoffman |Jennifer Lin

AbstractIdiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive, irreversible, and rapidly fatal interstitial lung disease marked by the replacement of lung alveoli with dense fibrotic matrices. Although the mechanisms initiating IPF remain unclear, rare and common alleles of genes expressed in lung epithelia, combined with aging, contribute to the risk for this condition.