Targeting Cells in Autophagy Process May Be Path to Halting Fibrosis, Study Suggests
Impaired autophagy — cells’ self-cleansing process — in the lungs’ epithelial cells may activate their epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), a process crucial to the progression of fibrosis, according to a new study. The finding suggests that therapies targeting EMT may help halt fibrosis in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). The study, “…