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Differentiation of Human Circulating Fibrocytes as Mediated by Transforming Growth Factor-β and Peroxisome Proliferator-activated Receptor γ
8 Jun 2007
Abstract excerpt
Fibrocytes are a distinct population of fibroblast-like progenitor cells in peripheral blood that have recently been shown to possess plasticity to differentiate along mesenchymal lineages, including commitment to myofibroblast and adipocyte cells. Here, we demonstrated that transforming growth factor (TGF) beta1 drives fibrocyte-to-myofibroblast differentiation through activating Smad2/3 and SAPK/JNK MAPK...
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