PPAR-γ Ligands Repress TGFβ-Induced Myofibroblast Differentiation by Targeting the PI3K/Akt Pathway: Implications for Therapy of Fibrosis

• Ajit A. Kulkarni,

  Affiliations The Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Lung Biology and Disease Program, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America

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• Thomas H. Thatcher,

  Affiliations The Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Lung Biology and Disease Program, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America

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• Keith C. Olsen,

  Affiliations The Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Lung Biology and Disease Program, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America

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• Sanjay B. Maggirwar,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America

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• Richard P. Phipps,

  Affiliations The Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Department of Environmental Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Lung Biology and Disease Program, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America

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• Patricia J. Sime

  * E-mail: Patricia_Sime@urmc.rochester.edu

  Affiliations The Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Department of Environmental Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Lung Biology and Disease Program, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America

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