Tissue Repair, Contraction and the Myofibroblast

• Main Authors: Chaponnier, Christine (Author), Desmoulière, Alexis (Author), Gabbiani, Giulio (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2006.
• Series: Biotechnology Intelligence Unit
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Respiratory organs > Diseases.; Rheumatology.; Pathology.; Plastic surgery.; Cell biology.; Life Sciences.; Cell Biology.; Pneumology/Respiratory System.; Plastic Surgery.

hirty-four years after the first description of the myofibroblast, the number of publications concerning this cell is very impressive and Tcontinuously expanding, and the work on the myofibroblast involves many laboratories throughout the world. The myofibroblast has been implicated in developmental...

Table of Contents:

• Cytomechanics in Connective Tissue Repair and Engineering
• Scleroderma Lung Fibroblasts
• Functional Assessment of Fibroblast Heterogeneity by the Cell-Surface Glycoprotein Thy-1
• Tissue Repair in Asthma
• Experimental Models to Study the Origin and Role of Myofibroblasts in Renal Fibrosis
• Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition of Mesothelial Cells as a Mechanism Responsible for Peritoneal Membrane Failure in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients
• FIZZy Alveolar Epithelial Cells Induce Myofibroblast Differentiation
• Pro-Invasive Molecular Cross-Signaling between Cancer Cells and Myofibroblasts
• Proangiogenic Implications of Hepatic Stellate Cell Transdifferentiation into Myofibroblasts Induced by Tumor Microenvironment
• Matrix Metalloproteinases, Tissue Inhibitors of Metalloproteinase and Matrix Turnover and the Fate of Hepatic Stellate Cells
• Innate Immune Regulation of Lung Injury and Repair
• An Eye on Repair.