Impaired AMPK control of alveolar epithelial cell metabolism promotes pulmonary fibrosis

By afschroeder • July 2, 2025

Rodríguez LR, Alysandratos KD, Katzen J, Murthy A, Roque Barboza W, Tomer Y, Bui S, Acín-Pérez R, Petcherski A, Minakin K, Carson P, Iyer S, Chavez K, Cooper CH, Babu A, Weiner AI, Vaughan AE, Arany Z, Shirihai OS, Kotton DN, Beers MF. Impaired AMPK control of alveolar epithelial cell metabolism promotes pulmonary fibrosis. JCI Insight. 2025 Jul 1:e182578. doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.182578. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40591409.

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