Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) continues to be a major healthcare problem,
affecting> 190 000 people in the USA annually, with a mortality of 27–45%, depending on …

Organ fibrosis, the result of exaggerated, persistent, and often irreversible accumulation of
extracellular matrix, complicates numerous diseases in all organs and tissues and has …

Interleukins, a group of cytokines participating in inflammation and immune response, are
proved to be involved in the formation and development of pulmonary fibrosis. In this article …

The pathogenesis of pulmonary fibrosis, including idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and
other forms of interstitial lung disease, involves a complex interplay of various factors …

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive and often fatal lung disease for which
there is no known treatment. Although the traditional paradigm of IPF pathogenesis …

Introduction Pulmonary fibrosis includes several lung disorders characterized by
progressive fibrosis, of which idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a particularly severe form …

Background Various signals are known to participate in the pathogenesis of lung fibrosis.
Our aim was to determine which signal is predominantly mobilized in the early inflammatory …

Repairing damaged tissues is an essential homeostatic mechanism that enables clearance
of dead or damaged cells after injury, and the maintenance of tissue integrity. However …

In the past several years, significant progress in many aspects of pulmonary fibrosis
research has been made. Among them, the finding that a variety of cytokines play important …

In the lungs, fibrosis is a growing clinical problem that results in shortness of breath and can
end up in respiratory failure. Even though the main fibrotic disease affecting the lung is …