TY - GEN AU - Molina-Molina, M AU - Machahua-Huamani, C AU - Vicens-Zygmunt, V AU - Llatjos, R AU - Escobar, I AU - Sala LlinĂ s, Ernest AU - Luburich-Hernaiz, P AU - Dorca, J AU - Montes-Worboys, A PY - 2018 DO - 10.1186/s12890-018-0626-4 SN - 1471-2466 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/22534 AB - Background: Pirfenidone, a pleiotropic anti-fibrotic treatment, has been shown to slow down disease progression of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a fatal and devastating lung disease. Rapamycin, an inhibitor of fibroblast proliferation could be... LA - eng PB - BioMed Central (BMC) KW - Pirfenidone KW - Rapamycin KW - Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis KW - Pulmonary fibrosis KW - Cell migration KW - Extracellular matrix proteins KW - Epithelial-mesenchymal transition KW - Alveolar Epithelial Cells KW - Biomarkers KW - Extracellular Matrix KW - Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition KW - Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis KW - Myofibroblasts KW - Pyridones KW - Cell Movement KW - Humans KW - Transforming Growth Factor beta1 KW - A549 Cells KW - Sirolimus TI - Anti-fibrotic effects of pirfenidone and rapamycin in primary IPF fibroblasts and human alveolar epithelial cells TY - research article ER -