Fibroblasts and myofibroblasts: What are we talking about?

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 376-379

  Baum, Jennifer ^a   Duffy, Heather S ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac cells; nonmyocytes

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE; CYTOKINE; GROWTH FACTOR;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CELL TYPE; COLLAGEN DEGRADATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLAST; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART FIBROBLAST; MYOFIBROBLAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; CYTOKINES; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MYOCARDIUM; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; MYOFIBROBLASTS;

EID: 79955031839     PISSN: 01602446     EISSN: 15334023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FJC.0b013e3182116e39     Document Type: Review

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