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The role of fibrocytes in fibrotic diseases of the lungs and heart

Fibrosis is the end result of a complex series of events that follow tissue injury and inflammation. Pathophysiologic fibrosis results in permanent scar formation, and can impair organ function. Fibrocytes are circulating, bone-marrow-derived progenitor cells that traffic from the bone marrow to the...

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Main Authors: Keeley, Ellen C, Mehrad, Borna, Strieter, Robert M
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2011
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3027110/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21219601
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1755-1536-4-2
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