- 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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myofibroblasts can
constitute up to 70% of the fibroblasts, and is
responsible for
fibrosis on tissue.[citation needed] Generally, the
myofibroblasts...
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occurs without myofibroblast involvement. Later, fibroblasts,
stimulated by
growth factors,
differentiate into
myofibroblasts.
Myofibroblasts,
which are similar...
- with
which hepatic stellate cells can be
distinguished from
portal myofibroblasts in the
damaged human liver. In
murine (rats, mice) liver,
reelin expressed...
- apoptosis. CAFs have been
found to be
abundant in a
tumour stroma.
Myofibroblasts and
fibroblasts make up CAFs. The
functions of
these CAFs have been...
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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...
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constitutive organized phase,
fibroblasts persist and are
converted to
myofibroblasts by
these same cytokines, that
begin to
fibrous extracellular matrix...
- 2 ****tids, 3 ****tocytes, 4 ****togonia, 5
Sertoli cell, 6
myofibroblasts, 7
Leydig cells, 8
capillaries Identifiers MeSH D007985 FMA 72297 Anatomical...
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factors to
generate myofibroblasts.
Dysregulated transforming growth factor β (TGF-β)
signalling in
fibroblasts and
myofibroblasts has been
observed in...
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profile to
resemble various other cell types,
including macrophages,
myofibroblasts,
mesenchymal stem
cells and osteochondrocytes. Importantly, genetic...
