Fibroblasts regulate the switch from acute resolving to chronic persistent inflammation

Christopher Buckley, Darrell Pilling, Janet Lord, AN Akbar, Dagmar Scheel-Toellner, Michael Salmon

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Abstract

Fibroblasts are important sentinel cells in the immune system and, here, it is proposed that these cells play a critical role in the switch from acute inflammation to adaptive immunity and tissue repair. It is suggested that chronic inflammation occurs because of disordered fibroblast behaviour in which failure to switch off their inflammatory programme leads to the inappropriate survival and retention of leukocytes within inflamed tissue.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)199-204
Number of pages6
JournalTrends in Immunology
Volume22
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Apr 2001

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