Identification of senescence-related genes in diagnosing idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis via integrating bioinformatics analysis and machine learning
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic, progressive lung disease characterized by persistent alveolar epithelial injury and aberrant tissue remodeling. Increasing evidence suggests that senescence of alveolar epithelial cells (AECs) contributes to impaired epithelial regeneration and maladaptive tissue repair...