How many different roads may a cell walk down in order to become a fibroblast?

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2246-2248

  Strutz, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CALVASCULIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; LUCIFERASE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

CELL MIGRATION; CELL POPULATION; EDITORIAL; EPITHELIUM CELL; FIBROBLAST; FIBROGENESIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; MESENCHYME CELL; MYOFIBROBLAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES;

EID: 57149094066     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: 15333450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1681/ASN.2008101089     Document Type: Editorial

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