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PDGFRα signaling drives adipose tissue fibrosis by targeting progenitor cell plasticity
Fibrosis is a common disease process in which profibrotic cells disturb organ function by secreting disorganized extracellular matrix (ECM). Adipose tissue fibrosis occurs during obesity and is associated with metabolic dysfunction, but how profibrotic cells originate is still being elucidated. Here...
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Format: | Online Article Text |
Language: | English |
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
2015
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4470280/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26019175 http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/gad.260554.115 |