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COVID-19 and fibrotic damage. After SARS-CoV-2 infection, alveolar macrophages and alveolar epithelial cells type 2 secrete pro-inflammatory and pro-fibrotic cytokines, leading to fibroblast activation and differentiation in myofibroblasts, resulting in extracellular matrix deposition.
