Panelists discuss that improving outcomes for patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and progressive pulmonary fibrosis (PPF) requires multifaceted efforts including developing ...

Panelists discuss the shift toward patient-centered outcomes in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and progressive pulmonary fibrosis treatment, emphasizing quality of life and symptom relief alongside ...

Matrix rhythm therapy (MRT) is an innovative therapeutic approach that utilizes vibrational and rhythmic stimulation to ...

The UAB researchers showed that TREM2 — which stands for triggering receptors expressed on myeloid cells 2 — is predominantly ...

The study uncovers how ovarian ECM tropism influences endometriotic cell adhesion, paving the way for novel strategies to ...

Elutia is a winner in the Innovation and Product Launches categories in the 2025 Medical Device Network Excellence Awards.

Scientists may have found a way to rewind the heart’s biological clock without even touching the cells. A team of researchers led by Assistant Professor Jennifer Young from the Department of ...

Scientists have found a novel way that includes a new lab-grown material that could help slow and even reverse some of the ...

Although fibrosis is an important function and helps repair heart tissue after damage, when it is uncontrolled, it leads to a stiffer, less flexible ECM. In the case of the heart, this can make it ...

Hepatic fibrosis is associated with a significant change in both the quantity and composition of the ECM. Collagens are the primary components of ECM in fibrosis.

Summary: The authors suggest that ECM abundance and composition change depending on the aetiology of liver fibrosis. To understand this they have investigated the proteome in two models of animal ...

Article citations More>> Sun, K., Li, X. and Scherer, P.E. (2023) Extracellular Matrix (ECM) and Fibrosis in Adipose Tissue: Overview and Perspectives. Comprehensive Physiology, 13, 4387-4407. has ...