Fol. Biol. 2022, 68, 180-188

https://doi.org/10.14712/fb2022068050180

Up-regulation of MiR-146b-5p Inhibits Fibrotic Lung Pericytes via Inactivation of the Notch1/PDGFRβ/ROCK1 Pathway

W. Shuai1, Q. Chen2, Xu Zhou1

1Departments of Critical Care Medicine, Hunan Provincial People’s Hospital (The First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan Normal University), Changsha 410005, Hunan, China
2Department of Nephrology, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai 200000, China

Received September 2022
Accepted March 2023

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