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Circulating fibrocytes define a new leukocyte subpopulation that mediates tissue repair.
Molecular medicine (Cambridge, Mass.) - 1 Nov 1994
Bucala R, Spiegel L A, Chesney J, Hogan M, Cerami A
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BACKGROUND: The host response to tissue injury requires a complex interplay of diverse cellular, humoral, and connective tissue elements. Fibroblasts participate in this process by proliferating within injured sites and contributing to scar formation and the longterm remodeling of damaged tissue. Fibroblasts present in areas of tissue injury generally have been regarded to arise by recruitment from surrounding...
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