Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: emerging concepts on pharmacotherapy

VJ Thannickal, KR Flaherty, FJ Martinez… - Expert Opinion on …, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
… TGF-β1 stimulates the contraction of myofibroblasts which may be important in tissue
remodelling and fibrocontractive responses [106]. TGF-β1 is also a strong chemoattractant for …

Extracellular matrix remodeling in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. It is the 'bed'that counts and not 'the sleepers'

IP Tomos, A Tzouvelekis, V Aidinis… - Expert review of …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
… Studies have proposed, so far, three different concepts related to the origin of IPF myofibroblast
foci: (1) Resident interstitial tissue lung fibroblasts stimulated by local pro-fibrotic growth …

New insights into the pathogenesis and treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Q Ding, T Luckhardt, L Hecker, Y Zhou, G Liu… - Drugs, 2011 - Springer
… Ultimately, altered communication between aberrant epithelial and mesenchymal cells
leads to a loss of tissue homeostasis, culminating in tissue remodelling, contraction and …

The role of TGF‐β in pulmonary fibrosis

N Khalil, AH Greenberg - … 157‐Clinical Applications of TGF‐β …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Pulmonary fibrosis is an irreversible accumulation of connective tissue in the interstitium of …
of lung regeneration and remodelling. This suggests that the pathogenesis of the progressive …

[HTML][HTML] Activated MCTC mast cells infiltrate diseased lung areas in cystic fibrosis and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

CK Andersson, A Andersson-Sjöland, M Mori… - Respiratory …, 2011 - Springer
… Although mast cells are regarded as important regulators of inflammation and tissue
remodelling, their role in cystic fibrosis (CF) and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) has remained …

Pulmonary fibrosis

MS Dunnill - Histopathology, 1990 - Wiley Online Library
… and architectural disorganization-to those found in connective tissue disorders such as …
architectural disorganization of pulmonary parenchyma, hence the term remodelling, with …

Semi-quantitative immunohistochemical exploration of lung tissue remodelling in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

NJ Lomas - 2013 - keele-repository.worktribe.com
Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) lung tissue remodelling using immunohistochemical analysis. Methods
and results: 21 IPF and 19 control lung tissues … in the lung tissue remodelling capacity of …

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

FJ Martinez, HR Collard, A Pardo, G Raghu… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2017 - nature.com
… to spontaneous age-associated lung remodelling and fibrosis 72 . Telomere dysfunction
restricted … At the interface between fibrotic and normal-appearing lung tissue are aggregates of …

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: pathogenesis and therapeutic approaches

M Selman, VJ Thannickal, A Pardo, DA Zisman… - Drugs, 2004 - Springer
… for the development of pulmonary fibrosis. First, the … tissue disease-associated ILD. In
this context, an early phase of inflammatory pneumonitis is followed by a late phase of fibrosis. …

[HTML][HTML] Irreversibility of pulmonary fibrosis

QY Yu, XX Tang - Aging and disease, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… Elimination of matrix-producing cells, clearance of collagen matrix and regeneration of normal
tissue are three important criteria necessary for fibrosis resolution [29]. Without these three …