Commentary Open Access
Volume 4 | Issue 4 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.33696/immunology.4.142
PD-L1 as a Novel Mediator of Lung Fibroblast to Myofibroblast Transition
Xia Guo1, Guoqing Qian1,*
- 1Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, Tyler, TX, USA
Corresponding Author
Guoqing Qian, Guoqing.Qian@uthct.edu
Received Date: July 30, 2022
Accepted Date: August 20, 2022
Guo X, Qian G. PD-L1 as a Novel Mediator of Lung Fibroblast to Myofibroblast Transition. J Cell Immunol. 2022;4(4):141-144.
Copyright: © 2022 Guo X, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Keywords
Fibroblast to myofibroblast transition, Lung, PDL1, Pulmonary fibrosis, Transforming growth factor β
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