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Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a cellular program in which polarized epithelial cells lose their cell-cell adhesion and acquire migratory, mesenchymal properties. While essential during embryonic development and wound healing, aberrant EMT activation drives …
TGF-beta is a pleiotropic cytokine with dual roles: immunosuppressive (driving regulatory T cell [Treg] differentiation and maintaining immune tolerance) and pro-fibrotic (promoting extracellular matrix deposition, wound healing, and tissue fibrosis). In the WikiBiome c…