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Session: Fibrosis and Wound Healing

Lung Fibroblast Heterogeneity in Health and Disease

Thursday, June 22, 2023
8:00 AM – 8:30 AM  
Location: Salon F-G

    Speaker(s)

  • Dean Sheppard, MD

    Professor of Medicine
    University of California, San Francisco
    San Francisco, California, United States

Disclosure(s):
Dean Sheppard, MD: Amgen: Consultant/Advisor (Ongoing); ARDA: Consultant/Advisor (Ongoing); Calico: Consultant/Advisor (Terminated); Genentech: Consultant/Advisor (Ongoing); Pliant Therapeutics: Consultant/Advisor (Ongoing), Equity/Owner (Ongoing)

Learning Objectives:

  • Upon completion the participant will appreciate the complexity of collagen producing cells in the lung.
  • Upon completion the participant will understand the distinct roles that aleolar fibroblasts and pro-fibrotic fibroblasts play in maintaining alveolar homeostasis and driving pulmonary fibrosis.