Myofibroblasts. I. Paracrine cells important in health and disease

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 277, Issue 1 46-1, 1999, Pages

  Powell, D W ^a   Mifflin, R C ^a   Valentich, J D ^a   Crowe, S E ^a   Saada, J I ^a   West, A B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibrosis; Immunophysiology; Inflammation; Platelet derived growth factor; Stem cell factor; Transforming growth factor ; Wound repair

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE; CYTOKINE; MATRIX PROTEIN; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

CELL ACTIVATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; FIBROSIS; MYOFIBROBLAST; PARENCHYMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVIEW; STEM CELL;

EID: 0032782848     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.1999.277.1.c1     Document Type: Review

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