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Hyaluronan's Role in Fibrosis: A Pathogenic Factor or a Passive Player?

Fibrosis is a debilitating condition that can lead to impairment of the affected organ's function. Excessive deposition of extracellular matrix (ECM) molecules is characteristic of most fibrotic tissues. Fibroblasts activated by cytokines or growth factors differentiate into myofibroblasts that...

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Autores principales: Albeiroti, Sami, Soroosh, Artin, de la Motte, Carol A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4637089/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26583132
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/790203