Pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating fibrosis, comprising isolated mitochondria

Abstract

The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating fibrosis and, more specifically, to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating fibrosis, comprising mitochondria as an active ingredient. When the pharmaceutical composition of the present invention comprising exogenous mitochondria as an active ingredient is administered to a subject suffering from fibrosis such as pulmonary fibrosis, hepatic fibrosis and renal fibrosis, the fibrosis of tissues may be inhibited. In addition, the pharmaceutical composition of the present invention effectively inhibits the expression of fibronectin, CTGF2, α-SMA, collagen 1A and the like during treatment of TGF-β. Therefore, the pharmaceutical composition according to the present invention may be effectively used in the prevention or treatment of fibrosis.

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