Article
Mesenchymal cells isolated after acute lung injury manifest an enhanced proliferative phenotype.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 Nov 1992
Chen B, Polunovsky V, White J, Blazar B, Nakhleh R, Jessurun J, Peterson M, Bitterman P
Abstract excerpt
After acute lung injury, mesenchymal cells migrate into the alveolar airspace where they proliferate and deposit connective tissue macromolecules. Early in the disease process, inflammatory cell-derived trophic factors modulate these mesenchymal cell functions. However, in those patients who die, even as the inflammatory response abates, the fibroproliferative response continues, resulting in extensive...
Topics
- Acute Disease
- Cell Division
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic
- Cells, Cultured
- Genes, fos
- Humans
- Lung
- Lung Diseases
- Mesoderm
- Phenotype
- Platelet-Derived Growth Factor
