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Increased myofibroblasts in the small airways, and relationship to remodelling and functional changes in smokers and COPD patients: potential role of epithelial–mesenchymal transition

Myofibroblast populations increase in smokers and patients with COPD contributing to small airway fibrosis and obliteration. These changes might be driven by the process of epithelial to mesenchymal transition.

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