Damaged AECs release pro-inflammatory and pro-fibrotic mediators, including interleukin (IL) -1 and tumor necrosis factor (TNF) -, which promote fibroblast recruitment, inflammatory cell activation (e.g., neutrophils, Th17, gdT cells), and myofibroblast differentiation, ultimately leading to ECM accumulation and fibrotic tissue remodeling [20, 29, 33, 34]
These metabolic shifts may contribute to improved endurance capacity and delayed fatigue onset during prolonged physical activity
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Notably, the deletion of Slc7a11 (which encodes xCT) in animals results in viable offspring 15 , which suggests that tissues (and potentially tumours) can obtain cysteine from another origin
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