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Strategies For Anti-Fibrotic Therapies., Joel Rosenbloom, Fabian A. Mendoza, Md, Sergio A. Jimenez
Strategies For Anti-Fibrotic Therapies., Joel Rosenbloom, Fabian A. Mendoza, Md, Sergio A. Jimenez
Jefferson Institute of Molecular Medicine Papers and Presentations
The fibrotic diseases encompass a wide spectrum of entities including such multisystemic diseases as systemic sclerosis, nephrogenic systemic fibrosis and sclerodermatous graft versus host disease, as well as organ-specific disorders such as pulmonary, liver, and kidney fibrosis. Collectively, given the wide variety of affected organs, the chronic nature of the fibrotic processes, and the large number of individuals suffering their devastating effects, these diseases pose one of the most serious health problems in current medicine and a serious economic burden to society. Despite these considerations there is currently no accepted effective treatment. However, remarkable progress has been achieved in the …