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Platelets stimulate fibroblast-mediated contraction of collagen gels

BACKGROUND: Platelets are thought to play a role in a variety of inflammatory conditions in the lung, some of which may lead to fibrosis. In the current study we tested the hypothesis that whole platelets and platelet lysate can mediate remodelling of extracellular matrix in vitro by affecting fibro...

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Autores principales: Zagai, Ulrika, Fredriksson, Karin, Rennard, Stephen I, Lundahl, Joachim, Sköld, C Magnus
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2003
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC260744/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14624704
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1465-9921-4-13