Spatiotemporal Immune-Fibroblast Crosstalk in Pulmonary Fibrosis: From Failed Repair to Fibrotic Niche Formation
Pulmonary fibrosis is a common and often fatal outcome of fibrosing interstitial lung diseases, characterized by progressive extracellular matrix deposition, destruction of alveolar architecture and irreversible loss of respiratory function. Although fibroblast activation and epithelial dysfunction are central to disea...