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The effect of the pro-inflammatory cytokine tumor necrosis factor-alpha on human joint capsule myofibroblasts

INTRODUCTION: Previous studies have shown that the number of myoblastically differentiated fibroblasts known as myofibroblasts (MFs) is significantly increased in stiff joint capsules, indicating their crucial role in the pathogenesis of post-traumatic joint stiffness. Although the mode of MFs'...

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Autores principales: Mattyasovszky, Stefan G, Hofmann, Alexander, Brochhausen, Christoph, Ritz, Ulrike, Kuhn, Sebastian, Wollstädter, Jochen, Schulze-Koops, Hendrik, Müller, Lars P, Watzer, Bernhard, Rommens, Pol M
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2875629/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20064200
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/ar2902