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Electrical coupling between ventricular myocytes and myofibroblasts in the infarcted mouse heart [PDF]

, 2017
Aims: Recent studies have demonstrated electrotonic coupling between scar tissue and the surrounding myocardium in cryoinjured hearts. However, the electrical dynamics occurring at the myocyte-nonmyocyte interface in the fibrotic heart remain ...
Conway, Simon J., Lin, Shien-Fong, Lu, Xiao-Long, Reuter, Sean P., Rubart, Michael, Soonpaa, Mark H., Tao, Wen   +6 more
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Essential Role of Lyn in Fibrosis. [PDF]

, 2016
Fibrotic disorders involve replacement of normal parenchyma with myofibroblasts, which deposit connective tissue, leading to obliteration of the function of the underlying organ.
Birtolo, Chiara, Chheda, Chintan, Cirulli, Vincenzo, Gugliotta, Gabriele, Lewis, Michael S, Liu, Sandy T, Pandol, Stephen J, Pham, Hung, Ptasznik, Andrzej, Rodriguez, Maria D, Yang, Wendy   +10 more
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A two-way street – cellular metabolism and myofibroblast contraction

npj Regenerative Medicine
Tissue fibrosis is characterised by the high-energy consumption associated with myofibroblast contraction. Although myofibroblast contraction relies on ATP production, the role of cellular metabolism in myofibroblast contraction has not yet been ...
Anne Noom, Birgit Sawitzki, Petra Knaus, Georg N. Duda   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Lung Fibrosis and Fibrosis in the Lungs: Is It All about Myofibroblasts?

Biomedicines, 2022
In the lungs, fibrosis is a growing clinical problem that results in shortness of breath and can end up in respiratory failure. Even though the main fibrotic disease affecting the lung is idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), which affects the ...
Elena Ortiz-Zapater, Jaime Signes-Costa, Paula Montero, Inés Roger   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The significance of macrophage polarization subtypes for animal models of tissue fibrosis and human fibrotic diseases. [PDF]

, 2015
The systemic and organ-specific human fibrotic disorders collectively represent one of the most serious health problems world-wide causing a large proportion of the total world population mortality.
Ballater R, Beon M, Bryan N, Butterfield TA, Connolly MK, Desmoulière A, Fallowfield JA, Galván‐Peña S, Gordon S, Goumans M, Hu B, Ito T, Jimenez SA, Korns D, Krieg T, Lassen S, Lech M, Leibovich SJ, Lev B, Mantovani A, Mantovani A, Molumdar K, Nestle FO, O’Doherty U, Piera‐Velazquez S, Poland GA, Rafii R, Rigamonte E, Tacke F, Venbervliet B, Wang Y, Wick G, Wijesundera KK   +32 more
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Transcriptional network analysis of PTEN‐protein‐deficient prostate tumors reveals robust stromal reprogramming and signs of senescent paracrine communication

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Combining PTEN protein assessment and transcriptomic profiling of prostate tumors, we uncovered a network enriched in senescence and extracellular matrix (ECM) programs associated with PTEN loss and conserved in a mouse model. We show that PTEN‐deficient cells trigger paracrine remodeling of the surrounding stroma and this information could help ...
Ivana Rondon‐Lorefice, Jose I. Lopez, Aitziber Ugalde‐Olano, Maite Zufiaurre, Ianire Astobiza, Natalia Martin‐Martin, Laura Bozal‐Basterra, Saioa Garcia‐Longarte, Amaia Zabala‐Letona, Sofia Rey, Aida Santos‐Martin, Miguel Unda, Ana Loizaga‐Iriarte, Mariona Graupera, Paolo Nuciforo, Arkaitz Carracedo, Isabel Mendizabal   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Discovery of Novel Small Molecules that Block Myofibroblast Formation: Implications for Capsular Contracture Treatment

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open, 2019
Background:. Capsular contracture is a devastating complication that occurs in patients undergoing implant-based breast reconstruction. Ionizing radiation drives and exacerbates capsular contracture in part by activating cytokines, including transforming
Rachel H. Park, BA, Stephen J. Pollock, BSc, Richard P. Phipps, PhD, Howard N. Langstein, MD, Collynn F. Woeller, PhD   +4 more
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A Vascular Microphysiological Model of Lung Fibrosis Reveals That Myofibroblasts and IPF Patient‐Derived Fibroblasts Impair Angiogenesis and Vasculogenesis

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A microphysiological lung fibrosis model recapitulates myofibroblast–vascular interactions. Induced myofibroblasts and patient‐derived IPF fibroblasts impair angiogenesis and increase vascular permeability via TGF‐β1–driven signaling. Pharmacological interventions with SB 431542 and VEGF supplementation restore vascular morphology and barrier function.
Elena Cambria, Adriana Blazeski, Eunkyung Clare Ko, Tran Thai, Shania Dantes, David A. Barbie, Sarah E. Shelton, Roger D. Kamm   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

A fibrocontractive mechanochemical model of dermal wound\ud closure incorporating realistic growth factor kinetics [PDF]

, 2011
Fibroblasts and their activated phenotype, myofibroblasts, are the primary cell types involved in the contraction associated with dermal wound healing.
Hall, C. L., Maini, P. K., McCue, S. W., McElwain, D. L. S., Murphy, K. E.   +4 more
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Role of growth factors in the pathogenesis of tissue fibrosis in systemic sclerosis. [PDF]

, 2010
The most severe clinical and pathologic manifestations of systemic sclerosis (SSc) are the result of a fibrotic process characterized by the excessive and often progressive deposition of collagen and other connective tissue macromolecules in skin and ...
Castro, Susan V., Jimenez, Sergio A., Piera-Velazquez, Sonsoles   +2 more
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