Retinoic acid reverses elastase-induced emphysema in rats by stimulating an increase in the number of lung alveoli (675–677).
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Hogg, J. A stimulating treatment for emphysema. Nat Med 3, 603–604 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0697-603
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