As for pulmonary fibrosis, Mig ameliorated pulmonary fibrosis in a BLM-induced lung injury model by inhibiting TGF-β1-induced Smad2/3 nuclear translocation, rather than Smad2/3 phosphorylation (Nakamura et al. 2023). The gene discussed is CXCL9; the disease is pulmonary fibrosis.