CEBPB and pulmonary fibrosis: Control mice had moderate to severe fibrosis (mean fibrosis score: 2.8+/−0.4; n: 10) while mice that received the C/EBPβ peptide had a moderate degree of lung fibrosis (mean fibrosis score: 2.0+/−0.7; n: 5; P = 0.048; Wilcoxon U Test).