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Fibrogenesis & Tissue Repair
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ISSN (Print) 1755-1536
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Matrix and cell phenotype differences in Dupuytren’s disease
- Authors: Marike M. van Beuge; Evert-Jan P. M. ten Dam, Paul M. N. Werker Ruud A. Bank
  Abstract: Dupuytren’s disease is a fibroproliferative disease of the hand and fingers, which usually manifests as two different phenotypes within the same patient. The disease first causes a nodule in the palm of the ha...
  PubDate: 2016-06-29T00:00:00Z
Activation of hepatic stellate cell in Pten null liver injury model
- Authors: Lina He; James Gubbins, Zhechu Peng, Vivian Medina, Fan Fei, Kinji Asahina, Jiaohong Wang, Michael Kahn, Carl B. Rountree Bangyan L. Stiles
  Abstract: Hepatic fibrosis is a prominent pathological feature associated with chronic liver disease including non-alcoholic hepatosteatosis (NASH), and a precursor for liver cancer development. We previously reported t...
  PubDate: 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z
Protective role for miR-9-5p in the fibrogenic transformation of human
dermal fibroblasts
- Authors: Verónica Miguel; Oscar Busnadiego, Marta Fierro-Fernández Santiago Lamas
  Abstract: Excessive accumulation of extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins is the hallmark of fibrotic diseases, including skin fibrosis. This response relies on the activation of dermal fibroblasts that evolve into a pro-...
  PubDate: 2016-05-10T00:00:00Z
Age-dependent development of liver fibrosis in Glmp gt/gt mice
- Authors: Cecilie K. Nesset; Xiang Yi Kong, Markus Damme, Camilla Schjalm, Norbert Roos, Else Marit Løberg Winnie Eskild
  Abstract: Mice lacking glycosylated lysosomal membrane protein (Glmp gt/gt mice) have liver fibrosis as the predominant phenotype due to chronic liver inju...
  PubDate: 2016-04-28T00:00:00Z
Active transforming growth factor-β is associated with phenotypic changes
in granulomas after drug treatment in pulmonary tuberculosis
- Authors: Robert M. DiFazio; Joshua T. Mattila, Edwin C. Klein, Lauren R. Cirrincione, Mondraya Howard, Eileen A. Wong JoAnne L. Flynn
  Abstract: Tuberculosis (TB) chemotherapy clears bacterial burden in the lungs of patients and allows the tuberculous lesions to heal through a fibrotic process. The healing process leaves pulmonary scar tissue that can ...
  PubDate: 2016-04-27T00:00:00Z