A strategy to quantify myofibroblast activation on a continuous spectrum

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Myofibroblasts are a highly secretory and contractile cell phenotype that are predominant in wound healing and fibrotic disease. Traditionally, myofibroblasts are identified by the de novo expression and assembly of alpha-smooth muscle actin stress fibers, leading to a binary classification: "activated" or "quiescent (non-activated)". More recently, however, myofibroblast activation has been considered on a...

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