New light is shed on the enigmatic origin of the lung Myofibroblast

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 188, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 765-766

  Rosas, Ivan O ^a,b   Kottman, Robert M ^c   Sime, Patricia J ^c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; SCLEROPROTEIN;

CELL POPULATION; EDITORIAL; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HEART INFARCTION; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MESENCHYME CELL; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PERICYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION; STROMA CELL; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; BLEOMYCIN; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; LUNG INJURY; MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS; PERICYTES; PULMONARY FIBROSIS;

EID: 84886258977     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201308-1494ED     Document Type: Editorial

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