This Review describes how infectious pathogens, chronic inflammation, and unrestrained fibroproliferation are likely to be part of a dynamic, unrelenting process propelling human fibrotic diseases.

• 本文综述了传染性病原体、慢性炎症和过度的纤维增生是怎样作为纤维化驱动过程的一部分来促进人类纤维化疾病发生、发展的。