Impaired LAIR-1-mediated immune control due to collagen degradation in fibrosis
T. Carvalheiro, W. Marut, M. I. Pascoal Ramos, S. Garcia, D. Fleury, A. J. Affandi, A. S. Meijers, B. Giovannone, R. G. Tieland, E. Elshof, A. Ottria, M. Cossu, M. L. Meizlish, T. Veenendaal, M. Ramanujam, , L. Meyaard
The paper investigates how impaired LAIR-1-collagen interaction in fibrosis contributes to inflammation and fibrosis, finding that dysfunctional collagen ligands and matrix metalloproteinases drive disease progression.
bioRxiv · Dec 7, 2021Immunology