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Author Chaponnier, Christine.

Title Tissue repair, contraction, and the myofibroblast / Christine Chaponnier, Alexis Desmoulière, Giulio Gabbiani
Published Georgetown, Tex : Landes Bioscience/Eurekah.com ; New York : Springer Science+Business Media, [2006]
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Description 141 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Series Biotechnology intelligence unit
Biotechnology intelligence unit.
Contents Cytomechanics in connective tissue repair and engineering / Robert A. Brown -- Scleroderma lung fibroblasts : contractility and connective tissue growth factor / Galina S. Bogatkevich ... [et al.] -- Functional assessment of fibroblast heterogeneity by the cell-surface glycoprotein thy-1 / Carolyn J. Baglole ... [et al.] -- Tissue repair in asthma : the origin of airway subepithelial fibroblasts and myofibroblasts / Sabrina Mattoli -- Experimental models to study the origin and role of myofibroblasts in renal fibrosis / Michael Zeisberg, Mary A. Soubasakos, and Raghu Kalluri -- Epithelial to mesenchymal transition of mesothelial cells as a mechanism responsible for peritoneal membrane failure in peritoneal dialysis patients / Abelardo Aguilera ... [et al.] --
FIZZy alveolar epithelial cells induce myofibroblast differentiation / Sem H. Phan -- Pro-invasive molecular cross-signaling between cancer cells and myofibroblasts / Olivier De Wever and Marc Mareel -- Proangiogenic implications of hepatic stellate cell transdifferentiation into myofibroblasts induced by tumor microenvironment / Elvira Olaso ... [et al.] -- Matrix metalloproteinases, tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinase and matrix turnover, and the fate of hepatic stellate cells / Aqeel M. Jamil and John P. Iredale -- Innate immune regulation of lung injury and repair / Dianhua Jiang ... [et al.] -- An eye on repair : myofibroblasts in corneal wounds / James V. Jester
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 136-138) and index
Subject Wound healing.
Myofibroblasts.
Regeneration (Biology)
Wound Healing -- physiology.
Extracellular Matrix -- metabolism.
Fibroblasts -- pathology.
Fibrosis -- physiopathology.
Author Desmoulière, A. (Alexis), 1957-
Gabbiani, Giulio.
LC no. 2006008951
ISBN 0387336494 alkaline paper