Pirfenidone ameliorates pulmonary inflammation and fibrosis in a rat silicosis model by inhibiting macrophage polarization and JAK2/STAT3 signaling pathways

Macrophages play an important role in causing silicosis eventually becoming an irreversible fibrotic disease, and there are no specific drugs for silicosis in the clinic so far. Pirfenidone has consistently been shown to have anti-inflammatory and anti-fibrotic effects, but the specific mechanism by...

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Main Authors: Qiong Tang, Chen Xing, Ming Li, Qiang Jia, Cunxiang Bo, Zhenling Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-10-01
Series:Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S014765132200906X