Open AccessMyofibroblasts
Author(s) -
Biao Hu,
Sem H. Phan
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
current opinion in rheumatology/current opinion in rheumatology, with evaluated medline
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.452
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1080-8175
pISSN - 1040-8711
DOI - 10.1097/bor.0b013e32835b1352
Subject(s) - myofibroblast , fibrosis , wnt signaling pathway , epigenetics , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine , pericyte , biology , pathology , signal transduction , genetics , gene , endothelial stem cell , in vitro
Interest in the myofibroblast as a key player in propagation of chronic progressive fibrosis continues to elicit many publications, with focus on its cellular origins and the mechanisms underpinning their differentiation and/or transition. The objective of the review is to highlight this recent progress.