- A
myofibroblast is a cell
phenotype that was
first described as
being in a
state between a
fibroblast and a
smooth muscle cell.
Myofibroblasts are contractile...
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contraction is the
myofibroblast,
which is a
specialized contractile fibroblast.
These cells express α-smooth
muscle actin (α-SMA). The
myofibroblasts are absent...
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occurs without myofibroblast involvement. Later, fibroblasts,
stimulated by
growth factors,
differentiate into
myofibroblasts.
Myofibroblasts,
which are similar...
- (secreting mucus),
enteroendocrine cells (secreting hormones), cup cells,
myofibroblast, tuft cells, and at the base of the gland,
Paneth cells (secreting anti-microbial...
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profile to
resemble various other cell types,
including macrophages,
myofibroblasts,
mesenchymal stem
cells and osteochondrocytes. Importantly, genetic...
- Saunders/Elsevier. ISBN 978-1-4377-0792-2. Shin D1, Minn KW. (2004). "The
effect of
myofibroblast on
contracture of
hypertrophic scar".
Plast Reconstr Surg. 113 (2):...
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becomes congested from
engorged soft tissue.
Elsewhere in the body,
myofibroblasts of the nipple-areolar
complex contract,
causing erection of the nipples...
- and compliance,
through complex coiling. It has been
suggested that
myofibroblasts also
reside in the
lamina propria of
several organs.
These cells have...
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factors to
generate myofibroblasts.
Dysregulated transforming growth factor β (TGF-β)
signalling in
fibroblasts and
myofibroblasts has been
observed in...
- with
which hepatic stellate cells can be
distinguished from
portal myofibroblasts in the
damaged human liver. In
murine (rats, mice) liver,
reelin expressed...
