BACKGROUND: Direct reprogramming of fibroblasts to cardiomyocytes is a potentially curative strategy for ischemic heart ...

Cardiac fibroblasts are the primary cell type responsible for deposition of extracellular matrix in the heart, providing support to the contracting myocardium and contributing to a myriad of ...

LONDON, GREATER LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, July 4, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The chronic traumatic encephalopathy market size has shown commendable growth in recent years, expanding from $1.39 billion ...

Lung macrophages play a pivotal role in diseases like idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Two types of macrophages—the white blood ...

Despite the centrality of fibrogenesis in development and in so many diseases, there is a general lack of tools to noninvasively detect and quantify fibrogenesis in humans or in animal models. Our ...

Peptide self-assembly on substrates is currently an intensively studied topic that provides a promising strategy for fabrication of soft materials and is also important for revealing the surface ...

It's time to focus on the root cause of alcoholic pancreatitis: alcohol. This article reviews the first prospective RCT on brief interventions for EtOH abuse on alcoholic pancreatitis progression.

There is a critical need to identify noninvasive biomarkers of liver fibrosis and fibrogenesis. This Expert Review examines the possibilities that proteome technology offers on this front.