If you cut your arm or undergo surgery, scarring can be a good thing; the scar tissue produced by cells called fibroblasts helps you heal. In most organs of the body, however, the accumulation of ...

Mount Sinai researchers discover how to reverse cardiac fibrosis in heart failure models Research from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York has identified a protein, called CCN5, ...

In a recent study published in Nature, researchers investigated the immune-fibroblast communication in human cardiac disease and mouse models. They found that interleukin 1 beta (IL-1β) signaling ...

Cardiac fibrosis impacts millions of patients and currently has no effective therapy. Stanford Cardiovascular Institute researchers have uncovered a new mechanosensing-based mechanism that reduces ...

Living in a U.S. coastal county bordered by ocean waters with very high concentrations of microplastics may increase the risk of heart and metabolic diseases, such as Type 2 diabetes, coronary artery ...