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The origin of fibroblasts and mechanism of cardiac fibrosis.
Journal of cellular physiology - 1 Nov 2010
Krenning Guido, Zeisberg Elisabeth M, Kalluri Raghu
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Fibroblasts are at the heart of cardiac function and are the principal determinants of cardiac fibrosis. Nevertheless, cardiac fibroblasts remain poorly characterized in molecular terms. Evidence is evolving that the cardiac fibroblast is a highly heterogenic cell population, and that such heterogeneity is caused by the distinct origins of fibroblasts in the heart. Cardiac fibroblasts can derive either from...
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