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PTEN regulates fibroblast elimination during collagen matrix contraction.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 3 Nov 2006
Nho Richard Seonghun, Xia Hong, Diebold Deanna, Kahm Judy, Kleidon Jill, White Eric, Henke Craig A
Abstract excerpt
During tissue repair, excess fibroblasts are eliminated by apoptosis. This physiologic process limits fibrosis and restores normal anatomic patterns. Replicating physiologic apoptosis associated with tissue repair, fibroblasts incorporated into type I collagen matrices undergo apoptosis in response to collagen matrix contraction. In this in vitro model of wound repair, fibroblasts first attach to collagen via...
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