BioMed Research International
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 420497, 8 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/420497
Review Article
Self-Eating: Friend or Foe? The Emerging Role of Autophagy in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
1Interstitial Lung Disease Unit, University Hospital of Heraklion, 71110 Heraklion, Crete, Greece
2Laboratory of Virology, Medical School, University of Crete, 71110 Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Received 27 December 2012; Revised 27 February 2013; Accepted 27 February 2013
Academic Editor: Sharbel Weidner Maluf
Copyright © 2013 George A. Margaritopoulos et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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