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Peritoneal Submesothelial Stromal Cells Support Hematopoiesis and Differentiate into Osteogenic and Adipogenic Cell Lineages.
Cells, tissues, organs - 1 Jan 2014
do Amaral R J F C, Benac P, Andrade L R, Farina M, Bernardazzi C, Arcanjo K D, Palumbo A, Cordeiro I R, Brito J M, El-Cheikh M C, Oliveira F L
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The peritoneum is a thin membrane that covers most of the abdominal organs, composed of a monolayer of mesothelial cells and subjacent submesothelial loose connective tissue. Cells from the peritoneal wall are correlated with peritoneal fibrosis and epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition. However, the distinct involvement of mesothelial or submesothelial cells in such phenomena is still not clear. Here, we propose...
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