MBD2 and systemic sclerosis: A follow-up study showed that the expression of TGFβ by M2 macrophages is amplified by methyl-CpG-binding domain 2 (MBD2) protein, which suppresses the expression of an inhibitor upstream of TGFβ, and MBD2 was found to be overexpressed in SSc-ILD lung tissues [28].