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Fibrosis

Section edited by Mary Salvatore

The Fibrosis section aims to gather current high-quality research to better understand the process of normal tissue repair as well as the pathogenetic mechanisms responsible for the onset and progression of tissue fibrosis that leads to organ dysfunction and failure. Fibrosis is the common denominator in a variety of chronic diseases including idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, liver cirrhosis, and ulcerative colitis, among others. These fibrotic diseases affect a vast number of people across the world significantly impacting the quality of their life and increasing health care costs.

The section will focus on high-quality research from basic science to clinical trials. The expert members of our Editorial Board are committed to ensuring a productive scientific discussion and welcome your thought-provoking contributions to Fibrosis.


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  1. Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a life-threatening disease characterized by vascular remodeling and involves Endothelial-to-Mesenchymal transition (EndMT) in pulmonary artery endothelial cells (PAECs)...

    Authors: Qiuhong Jiao, Xiufeng Xu, Longwu Xu, Yuying Wang, Shulan Pang, Jie Hao, Xiaohong Liu, Yudan Zhao, Wanpeng Qi, Limin Qin, Tao Huang, Jingtian Li and Tao Wang
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2025 23:524
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  2. Pulmonary fibrosis (PF) is a chronic, progressive interstitial lung disease characterized by excessive deposition of extracellular matrix (ECM) and abnormal fibroblast proliferation, which is mainly caused by ...

    Authors: Mengna Jiang, Wenxia Bu, Xuehai Wang, Jialing Ruan, Weijian Shi, Siqi Yu, Lizhen Huang, Peng Xue, Juan Tang, Xinyuan Zhao, Liling Su and Demin Cheng
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2025 23:515
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  4. Intestinal fibrosis is a serious complication of Crohn’s disease (CD), often resulting from chronic inflammation. However, the precise mechanisms through which inflammation induces intestinal fibrosis remain i...

    Authors: Lu Wang, Shu Wang, Junjie Lin, Jiajia Li, Mingyuan Wang, Jiang Yu, Junjian Sun, Nana Tang, Chunhua Jiao, Jingjing Ma, Xiaojing Zhao and Hongjie Zhang
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2025 23:452
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  5. High fibrosis of the tumor microenvironment (TME) not only impedes the effective infiltration of T cells but also serves as a physical barrier to inhibit the penetration of chemotherapy drugs. Triple-negative ...

    Authors: Yuying Tan, Yong-Guang Yang, Xiaoying Zhang, Lei Zhao, Xiaocong Wang and Wentao Liu
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2025 23:432
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  6. Obesity has been associated with several pancreatic disorders and is an important risk factor for pancreatic cancer. Nevertheless, the role of lipids in the early steps of carcinogenesis is unknown. Although w...

    Authors: Sonia Frendi, Anaïs Chassac, Killian Veron, Jérôme Raffenne, Rémy Nicolle, Miguel Albuquerque, Valérie Paradis, Anne Couvelard, Jérôme Cros and Vinciane Rebours
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2025 23:416
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  7. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) has emerged as a major health problem worldwide. Previous studies have shown that specific miRNA expression profiles of patients with CKD are significantly changed. In this study, ...

    Authors: Cui Huimin, Zhao Yuxin, Wang Peng, Gong Wei, Lin Hong, Li Na and Yang Jianjun
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2025 23:387
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  8. Abnormal glycolytic metabolism plays a significant role in pulmonary vascular remodeling in idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH), yet the specific mechanisms remain unclear. The primary objective ...

    Authors: Xuan Gao, Youli Fan, Guijia Wang, Jiangjiang Xu, Runwei Deng, Jiangwei Song, Binfeng Sun, Yongbing Wang, Zixuan Wu, Ruyi Jia, Jing Huang, Huiyu He, Lei Gao, Yihao Zhang, Na Sun and Bingxiang Wu
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2025 23:373
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  9. Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a chronic disorder characterized by the excessive proliferation of pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells (PASMCs). Recent studies indicate that Mitochondrial fusion pr...

    Authors: Rui Wang, Jie Wang, Jing Yu, Zhiqiang Li, Minfang Zhang, Yuhu Chen, Fen Liu, Dongmei Jiang, Jingfei Guo, Xiaomei Li and Yun Wu
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2025 23:366
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  10. To identify potential therapeutic targets and evaluate the safety profiles for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) using a comprehensive multi-omics approach.

    Authors: Zhuofeng Wen, Weixuan Liang, Ziyang Yang, Junjie Liu, Jing Yang, Runge Xu, Keye Lin, Jia Pan and Zisheng Chen
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2025 23:337
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  11. We have previously reported that the serum levels of gut-derived tryptophan metabolite indole-3-propionic acid (IPA) are lower in individuals with liver fibrosis. Now, we explored the transcriptome and DNA met...

    Authors: Mariana Ilha, Ratika Sehgal, Johanna Matilainen, Kirsi Rilla, Dorota Kaminska, Shrey Gandhi, Ville Männistö, Charlotte Ling, Stefano Romeo, Päivi Pajukanta, Eija Pirinen, Kirsi A. Virtanen, Kirsi H. Pietiläinen, Maija Vaittinen and Jussi Pihlajamäki
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2025 23:253
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  12. Subretinal fibrosis is an important cause of visual loss in age-related macular degeneration, but its mechanism remains unclear. This study aims to investigate the role of macrophage-to-myofibroblast transitio...

    Authors: Qi Zhang, Bing Lu, Lei He, Kai Fang, Xiaolong Zhu, Tianbing Chen, Yingying Zhu, Yinping Liu and Pengfei Zhang
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2025 23:251
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  13. Cardiac fibrosis is a physiological process that involves the formation of scar tissue in the heart in response to injury or damage. This process is initially a protective measure characterized by enhanced fib...

    Authors: Wutian Rao, Dan Li, Qinghang Zhang, Tianbao Liu, Zhengying Gu, Lin Huang, Jinjie Dai, Jiayi Wang and Xumin Hou
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2025 23:242
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  15. Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) is a large group of metabolic diseases that are hazardous to human health. Endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EndMT) mediated myofibroblast activatio...

    Authors: Ting Wang, Bangguo Liu, Juan Huang, Qixin Zhao, Hongping Shen, Tao Bi, Zengjin Liu, Yong Dai and Qin Sun
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2025 23:195
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  16. Fibrosis is a common and integral pathological feature in various chronic diseases, capable of affecting any tissue or organ. Fibrosis within deep fascia is implicated in many myofascial disorders, including g...

    Authors: Weizhi Zhao, Zongchao Li, Suzhen Ma, Wen Chen, Zhengqing Wan, Lin Zhu, Liangjun Li and Danling Wang
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2025 23:192
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  17. Scar formation is a common end-point of the wound healing process, but its mechanisms, particularly in relation to abnormal scars such as hypertrophic scars and keloids, remain not fully understood. This study...

    Authors: Minwoo Kang, Ung Hyun Ko, Eun Jung Oh, Hyun Mi Kim, Ho Yun Chung and Jennifer H. Shin
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2025 23:168
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  18. Chronic cerebral hypoperfusion (CCH) is a critical pathophysiological mechanism underlying cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD). Accumulating evidence have demonstrated that resident pericytes and deposit extr...

    Authors: Qingrui Duan, Zhiyang Liu, Yuxuan Xing, Haifeng Huang, Lin Zhu, Jiaxuan Liu, Peikun He, Guixian Ma, Yuhu Zhang, Kun Nie, Yuyuan Gao and Lijuan Wang
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2025 23:161
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  20. Tumor-associated fibrosis modifies the tumor microenvironment (TME), hinders the infiltration and activity of cytotoxic immune cells, and is a critical pathological process leading to the ineffectiveness of tu...

    Authors: Yingqi Yang, Haohan Sun, Hongkai Yu, Luyao Wang, Chang Gao, Haokun Mei, Xiaomeng Jiang and Minghui Ji
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2025 23:123
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  21. The partial epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is emerging as a significant mechanism in diabetic nephropathy (DN). LOX is a copper amine oxidase conventionally thought to act by crosslinking collagen. Ho...

    Authors: Yicheng Lu, Heyangzi Li, Mohan Chen, Yicheng Lin and Xiaoming Zhang
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2025 23:35
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  22. Pulmonary fibrosis is characterized by progressive lung scarring, leading to a decline in lung function and an increase in morbidity and mortality. This study leverages single-cell sequencing and machine learn...

    Authors: Yong Zhou, Zhongkai Tong, Xiaoxiao Zhu, Chunli Wu, Ying Zhou and Zhaoxing Dong
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2025 23:3
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  23. Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi, a traditional Chinese herb, is known for its various biological effects, including antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antioxidative, and antitumor properties. However, the function ...

    Authors: Yunheng Yang, Yi Liu, Yujie Cheng, Honglin He, Ailing Liang, Zheng Pan, Yuanyuan Liu and Zhiwei Chen
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2024 22:1138
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  24. Glycolysis plays a major role in progression of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Here, we aim to explore the predictive signature based on glycolysis-related genes for predicting the prognosis and identifi...

    Authors: Yuechong Xia, Fang Zhou, Hongyan Hui, Liping Dai and Songyun Ouyang
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2024 22:1114
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  25. Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) stands as a significant contributor to global mortality rates. Presently, there exists a dearth of effective anti-fibrotic treatments for this condition. While itraconazole ...

    Authors: Caizhe Pan, Hao Wei, Bi Chen, Lei Wu, Jiayao Song, Qing Zhang, Xinglong Wu, Guibai Liang, Wenhao Chen, Yingshuo Wang and Yicheng Xie
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2024 22:1058
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  26. Ficolins were originally identified as proteins that bind to transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1). They are capable of activating the complement system through lectin pathway for immune system protection. Fi...

    Authors: Pengfei Gao, Yanjiao Lu, Kun Tang, Wei Wang, Tongsheng Wang, Yingwei Zhu, Jianping Zhao and Yimin Mao
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2024 22:1051
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  27. A significant research gap exists regarding the role of tissue exosomes in intrauterine adhesions (IUAs). This study aims to investigate the involvement of miR-195-5p and its regulatory network in IUAs through...

    Authors: Jia-ming Chen, Qiao-yi Huang, Wei-hong Chen, Jin-xiang Wu, Ling-tao Zheng, Hui-jie You, Yan-chuan Shi, Shu Lin and Qi-rong Shi
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2024 22:1050
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  29. Drug discovery strongly relies on the thorough evaluation of preclinical experimental studies. In the context of pulmonary fibrosis, micro-computed tomography (µCT) and histology are well-established and compl...

    Authors: Elena Vincenzi, Martina Buccardi, Erica Ferrini, Alice Fantazzini, Eugenia Polverini, Gino Villetti, Nicola Sverzellati, Andrea Aliverti, Curzio Basso, Francesca Pennati and Franco Fabio Stellari
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2024 22:1040
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  30. Interstitial fibrosis and tubular atrophy (IFTA) is a critical factor in the prognosis of kidney health. Currently, IFTA quantitation in kidney biopsy samples is crucial for diagnosis and assessing disease sev...

    Authors: Marta Clos-Sansalvador, Omar Taco, Paula Rodríguez-Martínez, Sergio G. Garcia, Miriam Font-Morón, Jordi Bover, Anna Vila-Santandreu, Marcella Franquesa, Javier Juega and Francesc E. Borràs
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2024 22:1030
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  31. Renal fibrosis is a key process in the progression from acute kidney injury (AKI) to chronic kidney disease (CKD), while the intricate mechanisms of renal fibrosis remain obscure. While the signal-transducing ...

    Authors: Yuan Yuan, Xiao Wei, Xi Xiong, Xiong Wang, Wei Jiang, Qihui Kuang, Kai Zhu, Chen Chen, Jingzheng Gan, Junjie Li, Jun Yang, Lili Li and Pengcheng Luo
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2024 22:1018
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  32. Pulmonary fibrosis is a serious interstitial lung disease with no viable treatment except for lung transplantation. Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor (GLP-1R), commonly regarded as an antidiabetic target, exert...

    Authors: Chenyang Liu, Qun Zhang, Hong Zhou, Linling Jin, Chang Liu, Mingxia Yang, Xinyun Zhao, Wenqiu Ding, Weiping Xie and Hui Kong
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2024 22:954
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  33. Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) is a growing global health concern with no effective pharmacological treatments. SNP-630, a newly developed synthetic molecule with multiple mechanisms o...

    Authors: Hsin-Tien Ho, Yu-Lueng Shih, Tien-Yu Huang, Wen-Hui Fang, Chang-Hsien Liu, Jung-Chun Lin, Chih-Weim Hsiang, Kai-Min Chu, Cheng-Huei Hsiong, Guan-Ju Chen, Yung-En Wu, Jia-Yu Hao, Chih-Wen Liang and Oliver Yoa-Pu Hu
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2024 22:936
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  34. Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic and lethal lung disorder for which effective treatments remain limited. Recent investigations revealed a potential link between altered glucose metabolism and t...

    Authors: Chenxi Zeng, Huihui Yue, Congjian Wang, Xuetao Ju, Tianlai Wang, Xiangning Fu, Qing Zhou, Huilan Zhang, Long He, Jun Yu and Yi Wang
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2024 22:910
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  35. Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic and progressive interstitial lung disease of unknown etiology. Despite the increasing global incidence and poor prognosis, the exact pathogenic mechanisms remai...

    Authors: Meng Tu, Chunya Lu, Hongxia Jia, Shanshan Chen, Yan Wang, Jing Li, Jiuling Cheng, Ming Yang and Guojun Zhang
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2024 22:885
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  36. Myocardial fibrosis, a hallmark of heart disease, is closely associated with macrophages, yet the genetic pathophysiology remains incompletely understood. In this study, we utilized integrated single-cell tran...

    Authors: Yong-Zheng Zhang, Yang Wu, Meng-jia Li, Aerzu Mijiti and Lu-Feng Cheng
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2024 22:839
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  38. High levels of lactate are positively associated with prognosis and mortality in pulmonary hypertension (PH). Lactate dehydrogenase A (LDHA) is a key enzyme for the production of lactate. This study is underta...

    Authors: Daiqian Wu, Shuo Wang, Fengxian Wang, Qing Zhang, Zhen Zhang and Xingbing Li
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2024 22:738
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  39. Atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with increased risk of stroke and mortality. It has been reported that the process of atrial fibrosis was regulated by β-catenin in rats with AF. However, pathophysiologi...

    Authors: Ying Bai, Rui Li, Jun-Feng Hao, Lian-Wan Chen, Si-Tong Liu, Xi-Lin Zhang, Gregory Y. H. Lip, Jin-Kui Yang, Yi-Xi Zou and Hao Wang
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2024 22:734
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  40. Synovial fibrosis is a common complication of knee osteoarthritis (KOA), a pathological process characterized by myofibroblast activation and excessive extracellular matrix (ECM) deposition. Fibroblast-like sy...

    Authors: Taiyang Liao, Lei Shi, Chenglong He, Deren Liu, Yibao Wei, Zhenyuan Ma, Peimin Wang, Jun Mao and Peng Wu
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2024 22:715
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  41. Severe COVID-19 infection has been associated with the development of pulmonary fibrosis, a condition that significantly affects patient prognosis. Understanding the underlying cellular communication mechanism...

    Authors: Lei Guo, Qiong Chen, Mengying Xu, Jing Huang and Hua Ye
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2024 22:698
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  42. Silicosis is an irreversible fibrotic disease of the lung caused by chronic exposure to silica dust, which manifests as infiltration of inflammatory cells, excessive secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines, an...

    Authors: Tong-Tong Liu, Hai-Fei Sun, Ming-Ze Tang, Hao-Ran Shen, Zhen Shen, Yan-Xing Han, Yun Zhan and Jian-Dong Jiang
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2024 22:682
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  43. Renal interstitial fibrosis (RIF) is a progressive, irreversible terminal kidney disease with a poor prognosis and high mortality. Angiopoietin-like 4 (ANGPTL4) is known to be associated with fibrosis in vario...

    Authors: Yan Li, Shuang Chen, Qian Yang, Xiao Liu, Weiming Zhou, Ting Kang, Weihua Wu and Santao Ou
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2024 22:649
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    The Correction to this article has been published in Journal of Translational Medicine 2024 22:776

  45. Fibrosis is a pathological process involving the abnormal deposition of connective tissue, resulting from improper tissue repair in response to sustained injury caused by hypoxia, infection, or physical damage...

    Authors: Sofia Maria Tarchi, Mary Salvatore, Philip Lichtenstein, Thillai Sekar, Kathleen Capaccione, Lyndon Luk, Hiram Shaish, Jasnit Makkar, Elise Desperito, Jay Leb, Benjamin Navot, Jonathan Goldstein, Sherelle Laifer, Volkan Beylergil, Hong Ma, Sachin Jambawalikar…
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2024 22:616
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  46. Fibrosis is the aberrant process of connective tissue deposition from abnormal tissue repair in response to sustained tissue injury caused by hypoxia, infection, or physical damage. It can affect almost all or...

    Authors: Sofia Maria Tarchi, Mary Salvatore, Philip Lichtenstein, Thillai Sekar, Kathleen Capaccione, Lyndon Luk, Hiram Shaish, Jasnit Makkar, Elise Desperito, Jay Leb, Benjamin Navot, Jonathan Goldstein, Sherelle Laifer, Volkan Beylergil, Hong Ma, Sachin Jambawalikar…
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2024 22:610
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  47. Sustained injury from factors such as hypoxia, infection, or physical damage may provoke improper tissue repair and the anomalous deposition of connective tissue that causes fibrosis. This phenomenon may take ...

    Authors: Sofia Maria Tarchi, Mary Salvatore, Philip Lichtenstein, Thillai Sekar, Kathleen Capaccione, Lyndon Luk, Hiram Shaish, Jasnit Makkar, Elise Desperito, Jay Leb, Benjamin Navot, Jonathan Goldstein, Sherelle Laifer, Volkan Beylergil, Hong Ma, Sachin Jambawalikar…
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2024 22:609
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  48. CCN4 (cellular communication network factor 4), a highly conserved, secreted cysteine-rich matricellular protein is emerging as a key player in the development and progression of numerous disease pathologies, ...

    Authors: Kirti Singh and Sunday S. Oladipupo
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2024 22:601
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  49. Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is the primary cause of mortality in systemic sclerosis (SSc), an autoimmune disease characterized by tissue fibrosis. SSc-related ILD (SSc-ILD) occurs more frequently in female...

    Authors: Shih-Ching Lee, Chen-Hao Huang, Yen-Jen Oyang, Hsuan-Cheng Huang and Hsueh-Fen Juan
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2024 22:600
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  50. Monocyte-derived alveolar macrophages (Mo_AMs) are increasingly recognised as potential pathogenic factors for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). While scRNAseq analysis has proven valuable in the transcript...

    Authors: Miaomiao Zhang, Jinghao Zhang, Haisheng Hu, Yuan Zhou, ZhiWei Lin, Hui Jing and Baoqing Sun
    Citation: Journal of Translational Medicine 2024 22:598
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    The Correction to this article has been published in Journal of Translational Medicine 2024 22:1106

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