1.0Cardiovascular Journal of Africahttps://cvja.co.za/journalCXCL17 promotes cardiac fibroblasts proliferation and fibrosis by up-regulating bFGF in a positive loop - Cardiovascular Journal of Africarich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="JyW2t7Y0mJ"><a href="https://cvja.co.za/journal/cvja-2025-013/">CXCL17 promotes cardiac fibroblasts proliferation and fibrosis by up-regulating bFGF in a positive loop</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://cvja.co.za/journal/cvja-2025-013/embed/#?secret=JyW2t7Y0mJ" width="600" height="338" title="“CXCL17 promotes cardiac fibroblasts proliferation and fibrosis by up-regulating bFGF in a positive loop” — Cardiovascular Journal of Africa" data-secret="JyW2t7Y0mJ" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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Cardiac fibroblasts play a crucial role in the development and progression of cardiac fibrosis. The expression and function of CXCL17 has been unclear in cardiac fibrosis. In this study, we demonstrated CXCL17 was highly expressed in cardiac fibroblasts of cardiac fibrosis patient samples.