Article
Instability of the myofibroblast phenotype in culture.
Experimental and molecular pathology - 1 Apr 1990
Oda D, Gown A M, Vande Berg J S, Stern R
Abstract excerpt
Myofibroblasts are cells that have features of both smooth muscle cells and fibroblasts. Myofibroblasts from rat granulation tissue were studied using a coordinated biochemical and morphological approach. These myofibroblasts were maintained in culture for more than 17 passages. After establishin...
Topics
- Animals
- Cells, Cultured
- Chromatography, DEAE-Cellulose
- Culture Techniques
- Fibroblasts
- Fluorescent Antibody Technique
- Granuloma
- Hydroxyproline
- Microscopy, Electron
- Muscle, Smooth
- Phenotype
- Procollagen
- Proline
- Rats
- Skin