Fibrosis denotes excessive scarring, which exceeds the normal wound healing response to
injury in many tissues. Although the extracellular matrix deposition appears unstructured …

Fibrosis, or tissue scarring, develops as a pathological deviation from the physiological
wound healing response and can occur in various organs such as the heart, lung, liver …

Most chronic inflammatory illnesses include fibrosis as a pathogenic characteristic.
Extracellular matrix (ECM) components build up in excess to cause fibrosis or scarring. The …

Fibrosis is a pathological scarring process that leads to destruction of organ architecture and
impairment of organ function. Chronic loss of organ function in most organs, including bone …

Fibrosis, or the accumulation of extracellular matrix molecules that make up scar tissue, is a
common feature of chronic tissue injury. Pulmonary fibrosis, renal fibrosis, and hepatic …

Human fibrotic diseases constitute a major health problem worldwide owing to the large
number of affected individuals, the incomplete knowledge of the fibrotic process …

Fibrosis, a non-physiological wound healing in multiple organs, is associated with end-stage
pathological symptoms of a wide variety of vascular injury and inflammation related …

Fibrosis is defined by the overgrowth, hardening, and/or scarring of various tissues and is
attributed to excess deposition of extracellular matrix components including collagen …

Fibrosis of epithelial parenchymal organs and end-stage organ failure represent the final
common pathway of many chronic diseases and are a major determinant of morbidity and …

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