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Properties and Immune Function of Cardiac Fibroblasts.
Advances in experimental medicine and biology - 1 Jan 2017
Furtado Milena B, Hasham Muneer
Abstract excerpt
This chapter will discuss the role of cardiac fibroblasts as a target of various immunological inputs as well as an immunomodulatory hub of the heart through interaction with immune cell types and chemokine or cytokine signaling. While the purpose of this chapter is to explore the immunomodulatory properties of cardiac fibroblasts, it is important to note that cardiac fibroblasts are not a homogeneous cell type,...
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