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Review
. 2008 Nov;39(5):499-502.
doi: 10.1165/rcmb.2008-0003ED.

What the lung has taught us about latent TGF-beta activation

Poshala Aluwihare  1 , John S Munger
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Review

What the lung has taught us about latent TGF-beta activation

Poshala Aluwihare et al. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2008 Nov.
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