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IL-13 and skin fibrosis in inflammatory skin diseases
Skin fibrosis is increasingly recognized as an important component of chronic inflammatory skin diseases, contributing to dermal thickening, tissue stiffness, and persistent functional impairment. Although transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) has long been considered the central mediator of fibrosis, accumulating evide...
Noriko Ikegawa, Tan Manh Nguyen, N. Saito-Sasaki et al.
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