We conclude that VIP infusion reversed existing tubulointerstitial fibrosis suggesting a possible therapeutic role for a VIP based therapy in chronic kidney disease.
Tubulointerstitial renal fibrosis, characterized as a progressive detrimental connective tissue deposition on the kidney parenchyma, appears to be a harmful process leading inevitably to renal function deterioration, independently of the primary renal disease which causes the original kidney injury.
I wonder if VIP has been trialed for pulmonary fibrosis. A close friend is suffering with that deadly disease and has been told he has 1-3 years to live.