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Physical and chemical microenvironmental cues orthogonally control the degree and duration of fibrosis-associated epithelial-to-mesenchymal transitions.
The Journal of pathology - 1 Jan 2013
Brown Ashley C, Fiore Vincent F, Sulchek Todd A, Barker Thomas H
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Increased tissue stiffness and epithelial-to-mesenchymal transitions (EMTs) are two seemingly discrete hallmarks of fibrotic diseases. Despite recent findings highlighting the influence of tissue mechanical properties on cell phenotype, it remains unclear what role increased tissue stiffness has in the regulation of previously reported fibronectin-mediated EMTs associated with pulmonary fibrosis. Nano-indentation...
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