Fibrosis is regulated by Th2 and Th17 responses and by dynamic interactions between fibroblasts and macrophages

Narrative Review: Fibrotic Diseases: Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms and Novel Therapies

(2013) Joel Rosenbloom   ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Macrophage-mediated phagocytosis of apoptotic cholangiocytes contributes to reversal of experimental biliary fibrosis

(2010) Yury Popov et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-GASTROINTESTINAL AND LIVER PHYSIOLOGY

Alternative Activation of Macrophages: Mechanism and Functions

(2010) Siamon Gordon et al.   IMMUNITY

Bleomycin and IL-1β–mediated pulmonary fibrosis is IL-17A dependent

(2010) Mark S. Wilson et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE

Matrix Metalloproteinase 12-Deficiency Augments Extracellular Matrix Degrading Metalloproteinases and Attenuates IL-13-Dependent Fibrosis

(2010) S. K. Madala et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Evolving challenges in hepatic fibrosis

(2010) Scott L. Friedman   Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Macrophages: Master Regulators of Inflammation and Fibrosis

(2010) Thomas Wynn et al.   SEMINARS IN LIVER DISEASE

Chitinases and chitinase-like proteins: potential therapeutic targets for the treatment of T-helper type 2 allergies

(2009) T. E. Sutherland et al.   CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL ALLERGY

The etiology of liver damage imparts cytokines transforming growth factor β1 or interleukin-13 as driving forces in fibrogenesis

(2009) Hong-Lei Weng et al.   HEPATOLOGY

Hepatic recruitment of the inflammatory Gr1+monocyte subset upon liver injury promotes hepatic fibrosis

(2009) Karlin Raja Karlmark et al.   HEPATOLOGY

CCR2 promotes hepatic fibrosis in mice

(2009) Ekihiro Seki et al.   HEPATOLOGY

Mfge8 diminishes the severity of tissue fibrosis in mice by binding and targeting collagen for uptake by macrophages

(2009) Kamran Atabai et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Alternatively activated macrophage-derived RELM-α is a negative regulator of type 2 inflammation in the lung

(2009) Meera G. Nair et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE

Role of breast regression protein 39 (BRP-39)/chitinase 3-like-1 in Th2 and IL-13–induced tissue responses and apoptosis

(2009) Chun Geun Lee et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE

Bone Marrow Ly6Chigh Monocytes Are Selectively Recruited to Injured Kidney and Differentiate into Functionally Distinct Populations

(2009) S. L. Lin et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Pulmonary fibrosis: pathogenesis, etiology and regulation

(2009) M S Wilson et al.   Mucosal Immunology

Retnla (Relmα/Fizz1) Suppresses Helminth-Induced Th2-Type Immunity

(2009) John T. Pesce et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Arginase-1–Expressing Macrophages Suppress Th2 Cytokine–Driven Inflammation and Fibrosis

(2009) John T. Pesce et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Immune Interactions in Hepatic Fibrosis

(2008) Andrew P. Holt et al.   Clinics in Liver Disease

Review series on helminths, immune modulation and the hygiene hypothesis: Immunity against helminths and immunological phenomena in modern human populations: coevolutionary legacies?

(2008) Joseph A. Jackson et al.   IMMUNOLOGY

Antibody-targeted myofibroblast apoptosis reduces fibrosis during sustained liver injury

(2008) Angela Douglass et al.   JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY

Murine gammaherpesvirus-induced fibrosis is associated with the development of alternatively activated macrophages

(2008) Babunilayam Gangadharan et al.   JOURNAL OF LEUKOCYTE BIOLOGY

Hepatic Stellate Cells: Protean, Multifunctional, and Enigmatic Cells of the Liver

(2008) Scott L. Friedman   PHYSIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Hepatic macrophages promote the neutrophil-dependent resolution of fibrosis in repairing cholestatic rat livers

(2008) Mark W. Harty et al.   SURGERY

Cellular and molecular mechanisms of fibrosis

(2007) TA Wynn   JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY