Fibroblast and myofibroblast activation in normal tissue repair and fibrosis

FS Younesi, AE Miller, TH Barker, FMV Rossi… - … Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2024‏ - nature.com
The term 'fibroblast'often serves as a catch-all for a diverse array of mesenchymal cells,
including perivascular cells, stromal progenitor cells and bona fide fibroblasts. Although …

Molecular and cellular mechanisms of liver fibrosis and its regression

T Kisseleva, D Brenner - Nature reviews Gastroenterology & hepatology, 2021‏ - nature.com
Chronic liver injury leads to liver inflammation and fibrosis, through which activated
myofibroblasts in the liver secrete extracellular matrix proteins that generate the fibrous scar …

Myofibroblasts and fibrosis: mitochondrial and metabolic control of cellular differentiation

AA Gibb, MP Lazaropoulos, JW Elrod - Circulation research, 2020‏ - ahajournals.org
Cardiac fibrosis is mediated by the activation of resident cardiac fibroblasts, which
differentiate into myofibroblasts in response to injury or stress. Although myofibroblast …

Hepatic stellate cells as key target in liver fibrosis

T Higashi, SL Friedman, Y Hoshida - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Progressive liver fibrosis, induced by chronic viral and metabolic disorders, leads to more
than one million deaths annually via development of cirrhosis, although no antifibrotic …

Liver fibrosis and repair: immune regulation of wound healing in a solid organ

A Pellicoro, P Ramachandran, JP Iredale… - Nature Reviews …, 2014‏ - nature.com
Fibrosis is a highly conserved and co-ordinated protective response to tissue injury. The
interaction of multiple pathways, molecules and systems determines whether fibrosis is self …

[PDF][PDF] Hepatic stellate cells and liver fibrosis

JE Puche, Y Saiman, SL Friedman - Compr Physiol, 2013‏ - academia.edu
Hepatic stellate cells are resident perisinusoidal cells distributed throughout the liver, with a
remarkable range of functions in normal and injured liver. Derived embryologically from …

[HTML][HTML] Liver fibrosis: From basic science towards clinical progress, focusing on the central role of hepatic stellate cells

H Akkız, RK Gieseler, A Canbay - International Journal of Molecular …, 2024‏ - mdpi.com
The burden of chronic liver disease is globally increasing at an alarming rate. Chronic liver
injury leads to liver inflammation and fibrosis (LF) as critical determinants of long-term …

Carcinoma-associated fibroblasts: orchestrating the composition of malignancy

P Gascard, TD Tlsty - Genes & development, 2016‏ - genesdev.cshlp.org
The tumor stroma is no longer seen solely as physical support for mutated epithelial cells but
as an important modulator and even a driver of tumorigenicity. Within the tumor stromal …

Epigenetic regulation in fibrosis progress

T Xue, X Qiu, H Liu, C Gan, Z Tan, Y **e, Y Wang… - Pharmacological …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Fibrosis, a common process of chronic inflammatory diseases, is defined as a repair
response disorder when organs undergo continuous damage, ultimately leading to scar …

Molecular and tissue alterations of collagens in fibrosis

S Ricard-Blum, G Baffet, N Théret - Matrix Biology, 2018‏ - Elsevier
The collagen network is altered in fibrotic diseases associated with extracellular matrix
(ECM) biosynthesis and remodeling. This mini-review focuses on the quantitative and …