Inflammatory macrophages can transdifferentiate into myofibroblasts during renal fibrosis

TGF-β: the master regulator of fibrosis

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JAK3/STAT6 Stimulates Bone Marrow-Derived Fibroblast Activation in Renal Fibrosis

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Fibrocytes develop outside the kidney but contribute to renal fibrosis in a mouse model

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The myofibroblast matrix: implications for tissue repair and fibrosis

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Smad3 Mediates Cardiac Inflammation and Fibrosis in Angiotensin II–Induced Hypertensive Cardiac Remodeling

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Smad2 Protects against TGF- /Smad3-Mediated Renal Fibrosis

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Endothelial-Myofibroblast Transition Contributes to the Early Development of Diabetic Renal Interstitial Fibrosis in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Mice

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A Transgenic Mouse Model of Inducible Macrophage Depletion

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Fate Tracing Reveals the Pericyte and Not Epithelial Origin of Myofibroblasts in Kidney Fibrosis

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Effects of Liposome Clodronate on Renal Leukocyte Populations and Renal Fibrosis in Murine Obstructive Nephropathy

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Fibroblasts in Kidney Fibrosis Emerge via Endothelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition

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