# Fibroblasts: A Molecular and Pathophysiological Perspective

**Authors:** Dawid Wnuk, Milena Paw

PMC · DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines13112754 · 2025-11-11

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- **Genes:** CAMK2G (calcium/calmodulin dependent protein kinase II gamma) [NCBI Gene 818] {aka CAMK, CAMK-II, CAMKG, MRD59}, CCL2 (C-C motif chemokine ligand 2) [NCBI Gene 6347] {aka GDCF-2, HC11, HSMCR30, MCAF, MCP-1, MCP1}, TAFAZZIN (tafazzin, phospholipid-lysophospholipid transacylase) [NCBI Gene 6901] {aka BTHS, CMD3A, EFE, EFE2, G4.5, LVNCX}, TNF (tumor necrosis factor) [NCBI Gene 7124] {aka DIF, IMD127, TNF-alpha, TNFA, TNFSF2, TNLG1F}, YAP1 (Yes1 associated transcriptional regulator) [NCBI Gene 10413] {aka COB1, YAP, YAP-1, YAP2, YAP65, YKI}, NFKB1 (nuclear factor kappa B subunit 1) [NCBI Gene 4790] {aka CVID12, EBP-1, KBF1, NF-kB, NF-kB1, NF-kappa-B1}, FGF2 (fibroblast growth factor 2) [NCBI Gene 2247] {aka BFGF, FGF-2, FGFB, HBGF-2}, TGFB1 (transforming growth factor beta 1) [NCBI Gene 7040] {aka CAEND1, CED, DPD1, IBDIMDE, LAP, TGF-beta1}, MAPK1 (mitogen-activated protein kinase 1) [NCBI Gene 5594] {aka ERK, ERK-2, ERK2, ERT1, MAPK2, NS13}, NFKBIA (NFKB inhibitor alpha) [NCBI Gene 4792] {aka EDAID2, IKBA, MAD-3, NFKBI}, BRD3 (bromodomain containing 3) [NCBI Gene 8019] {aka FSHRG2, ORFX, RING3L}, RELA (RELA proto-oncogene, NF-kB subunit) [NCBI Gene 5970] {aka AIF3BL3, CMCU, NFKB3, p65}
- **Diseases:** liver fibrosis (MESH:D008103), lung injury (MESH:D055370), asthma (MESH:D001249), lung cancer (MESH:D008175), cancer (MESH:D009369), lung pathologies (MESH:D008171), asthmatic (MESH:D013224), inflammation (MESH:D007249), injury to (MESH:D014947), cirrhosis (MESH:D005355), hypoxia (MESH:D000860), inflammatory dysregulation (MESH:D021081), LUAD (MESH:D000077192), Crohn's disease (MESH:D003424), keloid (MESH:D007627), deaths (MESH:D003643), caries (MESH:D003731), metastasis (MESH:D009362), RA (MESH:D001172), ileal (MESH:D007077)
- **Chemicals:** NaF (MESH:D012969), BrCHCl2 (-), THM (MESH:D022882), ROS (MESH:D017382)
- **Species:** Homo sapiens (human, species) [taxon 9606]
- **Cell lines:** MRC-5 — Homo sapiens (Human), Finite cell line (CVCL_0440)

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Source: https://tomesphere.com/paper/PMC12650551