Inflammatory Fibroblasts Promote Repair After Injury Through Epithelial Proliferation
L. Raposo Rodríguez, Willy Roque Barboza, Aditi Murthy, Niran Hadad, Sarah Bui, Dakota L Jones, Yaniv Tomer, Charlotte H Cooper, Anamarie Reineberg, Rea Chroneos, Evan T. Hoffman, Surafel Mulugeta, Jeremy B. Katzen, Jonathan A. Kropski, Nicholas E. Banovich, Michael Francis Beers
The paper identifies inflammatory fibroblasts that promote lung repair by enhancing epithelial proliferation through BMP signaling, validated across multiple models and human disease.
bioRxiv · Aug 4, 2026 · PreprintMolecular Biology