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Roles of immune cells in the pathogenesis of fibrosis. During inflammatory responses, many immune cell populations with diverse functions are activated to produce multiple cytokines that either activate (red arrow) or suppress (blue arrow) the differentiation, proliferation, and collagen production of myofibroblasts, promoting or suppressing the development of fibrosis in various diseases.
