If a patient's chronic inflammation fails to resolve due to continuous macrophage activation, which consequence becomes most likely?

💡 Explanation

Persistent macrophage activation prevents the resolution of inflammation because macrophages continue to release profibrotic cytokines like TGF-β, thereby driving fibroblast activation and collagen deposition, resulting in fibrotic tissue deposition, rather than an acute or immune cell response.

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