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Connective tissue growth factor is induced in bleomycin-induced skin scleroderma

The origin of fibrotic cells within connective tissue is unclear. For example, the extent to which microvascular pericytes contribute to the number of myofibroblasts present in dermal fibrosis in uncertain. Connective tissue growth factor (CTGF/CCN2) is a marker and mediator of fibrosis. In this rep...

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Autores principales: Liu, Shangxi, Taghavi, Reza, Leask, Andrew
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Netherlands 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2821481/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19916059
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12079-009-0081-3