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. 2019 Jun 26;10:2788. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-10614-1

Fig. 10.

Fig. 10

Potential immunomodulatory and anti-fibrotic actions of LIF expressed by the CD11b/LIF transgene in muscular dystrophy. (1) LIF can serve an immunomodulatory role by reducing the expression of Ccl2 in macrophages, which is associated with reduced recruitment of monocytes/macrophages into dystrophic muscle. (2) LIF can serve an immunomodulatory role by reducing the activation of monocytes/macrophages to a CD163+, M2-biased phenotype that can increase fibrosis of dystrophic muscle. (3) LIF can reduce the expression of the pro-fibrotic molecules Arg1 and Tgfb1 in macrophages. (4) LIF can reduce the TGFβ1-mediated induction of pro-fibrotic genes in muscle cells, including Ctgf and Col1a1