Atrial fibrosis is one of the main manifestations of atrial cardiomyopathy, an array of electrical, mechanical and structural alterations associated with atrial fibrillation (AF), stroke and heart ...

The programmed cell death is the potential target for treatment of hepatic fibrosis. The development of small molecule inhibitors for programmed cell death is helpful to slow or even reverse the ...

New research led by Unity Health Toronto that examines how fibroblast cells in the body are activated to cause fibrosis and organ scarring has been published in Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology.

The most common type of lung fibrosis - scarring of the lungs -- is idiopathic, meaning of unknown cause. Researchers are urgently trying to find ways to prevent or slow idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis ...

Credit: Getty Images. The first step in diagnosing idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is ruling out other known causes of interstitial lung disease. Making an accurate diagnosis of IPF is critical because ...

Congenital hepatic fibrosis is a type of liver disease that is present from birth. It typically affects the function of the bile ducts and the veins that carry blood from the digestive tract to the ...

A Lancet South Asia study finds one in four Type 2 diabetes patients in India has liver scarring, with doctors warning of ...

KATY, TX / ACCESS Newswire / June 16, 2026 / In April 2026, a groundbreaking study-Selective targeting of endothelial and perivascular angiocrine ROCK2 treats liver fibrosis-was published online in ...