It can also cause pulmonary fibrosis and Drug-induced autoimmune hepatitis.

For example, it might be possible to insert the gene that causes cystic fibrosis into mice.

Any inflammatory state that affects the heart can cause fibrosis of the atria.

These factors cause inflammation, apoptosis and eventually fibrosis of liver cells.

This time it is a gene that causes cystic fibrosis.

In the 1980's, scientists identified the gene causing cystic fibrosis.

At high doses, it is a "potent hepatotoxin that can cause fibrosis of the liver" in rats.

Diseases and conditions that may cause pulmonary fibrosis as a secondary effect include:

Genetic testing: Many different mutations of a single gene can cause cystic fibrosis.

The tumors cause fibrosis of tissues and impede digestion or organ function.