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. 2022 Jan 5;12:810286. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.810286

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TGF-β and TNF-α action diagram. The crosstalk effect of TGF-β and TNF-α is similar to the relationship between Yin and Yang in Traditional Chinese medicine, which restricts and balances each other. This figure summarizes the roles of the two and their corresponding cell types described in the paper. The methods of synergism, antagonism and time-varying were put forward, and the prospects of integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine were also discussed.