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...