Idiopathic pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis (IPPFE) is a very rare, recently described condition, characterised by fibrotic thickening of the pleural and subpleural parenchyma, predominantly in the upper lobes.1 Clinical ...

Idiopathic pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis (IPPFE) is a very rare, recently described condition, characterised by fibrotic thickening of the pleural and subpleural parenchyma, predominantly in the upper lobes.1 Clinical ...

Lysosomal storage diseases are usually considered to be pathologies in which the passive deposition of unwanted materials leads to functional changes in lysosomes. Lysosomal deposition of unmetabolized glycolipid substrates ...

The miR-29 family is involved in fibrosis in multiple organs, including the intestine where miR-29b facilitates TGF-β-mediated up-regulation of collagen in mucosal fibroblasts from Crohn’s disease (CD) patients. Myeloid ...

As doenças hepáticas são um grave problema de saúde mundial. Muitas patologias crônicas acometem o fígado e em comum à essas doenças há o surgimento do processo fibrosante. A fibrose hepática é caracterizada pela deposição ...

Long-term effects of Covid-19 disease are still poorly understood. However, similarities between the responses to SARS-CoV-2 and certain nanomaterials suggest fibrotic pulmonary disease as a concern for public health in ...