Epithelial–mesenchymal transition in cutaneous fibrosis disease: from mechanisms to therapy
ShaoXiang Yuan, Ziyi Luo, Nina Yang, Tao Xiong, YueZhong Chen, Xichao Jian, Yun Wang, Shune Xiao, Junzhe Chen, Chengliang Deng · 2026
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Description
ShaoXiang Yuan and co-authors review a cell change that may help drive skin scarring. Their 2026 review covers skin fibrosis, where skin grows thick and stiff from long-term swelling, injury, or immune attack. In the change at issue, surface cells lose their traits. They take on traits of the cells that build scar tissue.
Scarred skin piles up stiff fibers and loses its stretch. Work grows hard and life quality drops. Proof now links the cell change to this build-up. How much of the scar it explains, next to the skin's own scar cells, is still not clear. The review maps the signals that drive the change and flags drug targets for future work.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | ShaoXiang Yuan, Ziyi Luo, Nina Yang, Tao Xiong, YueZhong Chen, Xichao Jian, Yun Wang, Shune Xiao, Junzhe Chen, Chengliang Deng |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 81 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |