Bacterial protein fragment drives tissue fibrosis, but antibody treatment can help

A bacterial macromolecule fragment called corisin drives pulmonary fibrosis by infiltrating and disrupting cells' quality-control systems, researchers astatine the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Mie University successful Japan recovered successful a caller study. Meanwhile, blocking corisin with an antibody impeded the damage. The researchers published their findings successful Nature Communications.