The myofibroblast in health and disease;El miofibroblasto en tejidos normales y en situaciones patológicas.

Revista Espanola de Patologia

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-10

  Eyden, Brian ^a  

^a CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fibronexus; Myofibroblast; Myofibroblastic sarcoma; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CALDESMON; COLLAGEN; DESMIN; FIBRONECTIN;

CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBRONEXUS; GRANULATION TISSUE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MYOFIBROBLAST; MYOFILAMENT; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; REVIEW; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 77953892152     PISSN: 16998855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1699-8855(08)70088-6     Document Type: Review

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