Consistent with this, our preclinical work uncovered that TMAO primed renal fibroblasts for conversion to myofibroblasts, the primary collagen-producing cells in the kidney 46 , and contributed to renal fibrosis, a hallmark of kidney damage irrespective of the underlying cause that significantly contributes to eGFR decline 46
Targeted depletion of these macrophage subsets effectively prevented the development of injury-induced chronic pain, highlighting their critical role in pain pathogenesis (208)
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