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Schematic representation of stroma in healthy and fibrotic conditions. In fibrosis, aberrant ECM deposition and remodelling, as well as higher numbers and altered behaviour of fibroblasts and macrophages, change the biochemical and biophysical properties of stroma, and the consequential interactions with resident cells.
