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Fibrotic extracellular matrix preferentially induces a partial Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition phenotype in a 3-D agent based model of fibrosis.
Mathematical biosciences - 1 Mar 2025
Kim Kristin P, Lemmon Christopher A
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One of the main drivers of fibrotic diseases is epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT): a transdifferentiation process in which cells undergo a phenotypic change from an epithelial state to a pro-migratory state. The cytokine transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1) has been previously shown to regulate EMT. TGF-β1 binds to fibronectin (FN) fibrils, which are the primary extracellular matrix (ECM) component in...
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