Mesothelial cells in tissue repair and fibrosis

Mesothelial cells are fundamental to the maintenance of serosal integrity and homeostasis and play a critical role in normal serosal repair following injury. However, when normal repair mechanisms breakdown, mesothelial cells take on a profibrotic role, secreting inflammatory and profibrotic mediat...

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Main Authors: Steven Eugene Mutsaers, Kimberly eBirnie, Sally eLansley, Sarah E Herrick, Chuan Bian eLim, Cecilia M Prêle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Pharmacology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphar.2015.00113/full

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