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Tissue Repair and Fibrosis: The Role of the Myofibroblast

By G. Gabbiani (auth.) , Dr. Alexis Desmoulière , Professor Beatriz Tuchweber (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
1999
ISBN
978-3-642-63603-5, 978-3-642-58456-5
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-58456-5
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (5839908 bytes)
Series
Current Topics in Pathology 93
Edition
1
Pages
224\226
Time added
2013-12-12 02:00:00
Pathology; Oncology

Description

Specialists from diverse disciplines discuss the important topics of Tissue Repair and Fibrosis. The Role of Myofibroblast. The Myofibroblast is implicated in many processes, such as tissue repair,fibrosis, and stromal reaction to tumors. This book seeks to provide an overview of the knowledge accumulated since this cell was first describes 25 years ago. Discussions focusses on three main topics: - Cellular and molecular biology of fibroblast and myofibroblasts - Wound healing: experimental models, and - Human fibrocontracted diseases.

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