Muscle fibrosis after acute injury can be debilitating, but in chronic muscle disease it can be lethal. A new study reveals that shifts in macrophage phenotype in injured or diseased muscle can influence whether connective tissue production by fibro/adipogenic precursors in muscle is beneficial or pathological.
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Tidball, J., Wehling-Henricks, M. Shifts in macrophage cytokine production drive muscle fibrosis. Nat Med 21, 665–666 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm.3896
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