From fibrogenesis towards fibrosis: Pathophysiological mechanisms and clinical presentations

Fibrogenesis is a universal and ubiquitous process associated with tissue healing. The impairment of tissue homeostasis resulting from the deregulation of numerous cellular actors, under the effect of specific cytokine and pro-oxidative environments can lead to extensive tissue fibrosis, organ dysfu...

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Published in:La revue de medecine interne 2020-05, Vol.41 (5), p.325
Main Authors: Maria, A T J, Bourgier, C, Martinaud, C, Borie, R, Rozier, P, Rivière, S, Crestani, B, Guilpain, P
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Language:fre
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Summary:Fibrogenesis is a universal and ubiquitous process associated with tissue healing. The impairment of tissue homeostasis resulting from the deregulation of numerous cellular actors, under the effect of specific cytokine and pro-oxidative environments can lead to extensive tissue fibrosis, organ dysfunction and significant morbidity and mortality. This situation is frequent in internal medicine, since fibrosis is associated with most organ insufficiencies (i.e. cardiac, renal, or hepatic chronic failures), but also with cancer, a condition with common pathophysiological mechanisms. Finally, fibrosis is a hallmark of numerous systemic autoimmune diseases such as connective tissue disorders (in particular systemic sclerosis), vasculitides, granulomatoses, histiocytoses, and IgG4-associated disease. Although the process leading to tissue fibrosis may be in part irreversible, new pharmacological approaches or cell therapies bring hope in the field of fibrotic conditions.
ISSN:1768-3122
DOI:10.1016/j.revmed.2020.01.002