Abstract:
Herein are provided, inter alia, methods for treating fibrosis by pharmacological modulation of the alphavbeta 1 integrin. Compositions small molecule inhibitors are presented as one route to test the role of the alphavbeta1, integrin in tissue fibrosis. Further, assays to test the inhibition of alphavbeta 1, in myofibrotic cells and the subsequent inhibition of TGF-beta by alphavbeta1 specific inhibitors are also disclosed.