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Destructive fibrotic teamwork: how both microenvironment stiffness and profibrotic interleukin 13 impair alveolar macrophage phenotype and function.
Biomaterials science - 27 Sept 2022
Bomb Kartik, Pradhan Lina, Zhang Qi, Jarai Bader M, Bhattacharjee Arnab, Burris David L, Kloxin April M, Fromen Catherine A
Abstract excerpt
The pulmonary fibrotic microenvironment is characterized by increased stiffness of lung tissue and enhanced secretion of profibrotic soluble cues contributing to a feedback loop that leads to dysregulated wound healing and lung failure. Pinpointing the individual and tandem effects of profibrotic stimuli in impairing immune cell response remains difficult and is needed for improved therapeutic strategies. We...
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