… lung fibroblasts partly mediated via CCL18. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that AMs from
patients with pulmonary fibrosis … loop with lung fibroblasts perpetuating fibrotic processes. …

… Pulmonary fibrosis (PF) is a disease in which excessive … of fibroblasts lead to disruption of
the normal lung structure … could discriminate subsets of lung macrophages more specifically in …

… , a phagocytic immune cell, are found in the alveolar space and in the interstitium of the
lung… into lung macrophages following injury or insult such as during pulmonary fibrosis. The …

… fibroblast proliferation found in the alveolar walls of these patients.In this regard, the present
study was designed to determine whether alveolar macrophages … factor for fibroblasts. The …

… macrophages are an important cellular source of S100a4. Thus, we hypothesized that also
in pulmonary fibrosis, M2 macrophages … proliferation and activation of fibroblasts. To prove …

… differentiation of lung fibroblasts, persistent alveolar injury … the role of macrophage polarization
in the pulmonary fibrotic … Alveolar macrophages account for 55% of lung immune cells …

… pulmonary fibrosis by infecting IFN-γR–deficient mice (IFN-γR −/− ) with the murine γ-herpesvirus
68. Because alveolar macrophages … activation of macrophages and/or fibroblasts as an …

… normal fibroblasts into continuously proliferating cells in vitro, recent studies have shown
that activated blood monocytes, in vitro matured monocytes, and alveolar macrophages all …

… in physical proximity to areas of fibrosis (macrophages, fibroblasts and alveolar type II cells)
… -induced pulmonary fibrosis: monocyte-derived alveolar macrophages and Retnla + alveolar …

… (s) for lung fibroblasts. Because pulmonary fibrosis may result from an increased number …
collagen-producing cells, we investigated the interactions between alveolar macrophages …