Cardiac fibrosis

NG Frangogiannis - Cardiovascular research, 2021‏ - academic.oup.com
Myocardial fibrosis, the expansion of the cardiac interstitium through deposition of
extracellular matrix proteins, is a common pathophysiologic companion of many different …

TGF-β1–a truly transforming growth factor in fibrosis and immunity

M Lodyga, B Hinz - Seminars in cell & developmental biology, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Abstract 'Jack of all trades, master of everything'is a fair label for transforming growth factor
β1 (TGF-β)–a cytokine that controls our life at many levels. In the adult organism, TGF-β1 is …

Evasion of apoptosis by myofibroblasts: a hallmark of fibrotic diseases

B Hinz, D Lagares - Nature Reviews Rheumatology, 2020‏ - nature.com
Organ fibrosis is a lethal outcome of autoimmune rheumatic diseases such as systemic
sclerosis. Myofibroblasts are scar-forming cells that are ultimately responsible for the …

Mesenchymal stem cell perspective: cell biology to clinical progress

MF Pittenger, DE Discher, BM Péault… - NPJ Regenerative …, 2019‏ - nature.com
The terms MSC and MSCs have become the preferred acronym to describe a cell and a cell
population of multipotential stem/progenitor cells commonly referred to as mesenchymal …

Cardiac fibrosis: Cell biological mechanisms, molecular pathways and therapeutic opportunities

NG Frangogiannis - Molecular aspects of medicine, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Cardiac fibrosis is a common pathophysiologic companion of most myocardial diseases,
and is associated with systolic and diastolic dysfunction, arrhythmogenesis, and adverse …

Mesenchymal stromal/stem cells in regenerative medicine and tissue engineering

REB Fitzsimmons, MS Mazurek, A Soos… - Stem cells …, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
As a result of over five decades of investigation, mesenchymal stromal/stem cells (MSCs)
have emerged as a versatile and frequently utilized cell source in the fields of regenerative …

Skeletal muscle fibrosis: an overview

MAA Mahdy - Cell and tissue research, 2019‏ - Springer
Extracellular matrix (ECM) is an essential component of skeletal muscle. It provides a
framework structure that holds myofibers and blood capillaries and nerves supplying the …

Suppression of the fibrotic encapsulation of silicone implants by inhibiting the mechanical activation of pro-fibrotic TGF-β

N Noskovicova, R Schuster, S van Putten… - Nature Biomedical …, 2021‏ - nature.com
The fibrotic encapsulation of implants involves the mechanical activation of myofibroblasts
and of pro-fibrotic transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF-β1). Here, we show that both …

Evolving roles of muscle-resident fibro-adipogenic progenitors in health, regeneration, neuromuscular disorders, and aging

M Theret, FMV Rossi, O Contreras - Frontiers in Physiology, 2021‏ - frontiersin.org
Normal skeletal muscle functions are affected following trauma, chronic diseases, inherited
neuromuscular disorders, aging, and cachexia, hampering the daily activities and quality of …

Five decades later, are mesenchymal stem cells still relevant?

M Gomez-Salazar, ZN Gonzalez-Galofre… - … in bioengineering and …, 2020‏ - frontiersin.org
Mesenchymal stem cells are culture-derived mesodermal progenitors isolatable from all
vascularized tissues. In spite of multiple fundamental, pre-clinical and clinical studies, the …