Halting Slug Protein May Lessen Risk of PH in Fibrotic Lungs, Study Suggests
Halting a protein called Slug may help reduce the severity of increased blood pressure related to lung scarring — a condition called pulmonary hypertension (PH) secondary to pulmonary fibrosis, or PF-PH, a new animal study shows. The study, “Histological hallmarks and role of Slug/PIP axis…