We next addressed how the expression of EMT-inducing transcription factors, Snai1, Snai2, Twist1, Twist2, Zeb1 and Zeb2, changed in the lungs from WT and Plaur-/- mice at Day 7, 14, 21 and 28 after bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis. Here, TWIST1 is linked to pulmonary fibrosis.