ReviewSeminars in liver disease2010
Macrophages: master regulators of inflammation and fibrosis.
Review in Seminars in liver disease, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 761 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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761 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 1,371 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Mechanobiology of the tumor microenvironment: a review of therapeutic interactions and in vitro elasticity measurement techniques.Journal of biomedical science · 2026Review
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- Injectable antifibrotic drug-loaded hydrogels reduce fibrosis and restore myogenesis by enhancing mitochondrial metabolism and cell mechanics in an in vitro coculture model.Materials today. Bio · 2026Article
- Co-exposure to arsenic and nickel induces oxidative stress and mineral imbalance, impairing male reproductive parameters in Wistar rats.Biometals : an international journal on the role of metal ions in biology, biochemistry, and medicine · 2026Article
- HIF-1α Signaling in Uterine Fibroids: A Central Integrator of Hypoxic, Hormonal, and Fibrotic Pathways.Oxygen (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Apolipoprotein E knockout attenuates vascular graft fibrosis by reducing profibrotic macrophage formation through low-density lipoprotein receptor related protein 1.Bioactive materials · 2026Article
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Abstract
Macrophages are found in close proximity with collagen-producing myofibroblasts and indisputably play a key role in fibrosis. They produce profibrotic mediators that directly activate fibroblasts, including transforming growth factor-beta1 and platelet-derived growth factor, and control extracellular matrix turnover by regulating the balance of various matrix metalloproteinases and tissue inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinases. Macrophages also regulate fibrogenesis by secreting chemokines that recruit fibroblasts and other inflammatory cells. With their potential to act in both a pro- and antifibrotic capacity, as well as their ability to regulate the activation of resident and recruited myofibroblasts, macrophages and the factors they express are integrated into all stages of the fibrotic process. These various, and sometimes opposing, functions may be performed by distinct macrophage subpopulations, the identification of which is a growing focus of fibrosis research. Although collagen-secreting myofibroblasts once were thought of as the master "producers" of fibrosis, this review will illustrate how macrophages function as the master "regulators" of fibrosis.
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