Setting a trap for tissue fibrosis

EG Neilson - Nature medicine, 2005 - nature.com
Nature medicine, 2005nature.com
The accumulation of fibroblasts in epithelial organs such as the kidney can produce
dangerous scars. Such tissue fibrosis begins when epithelial cells morph into fibroblasts by
epithelial-mesenchymal transition. A key regulator of this process in the kidney now
emerges (pages 387–393).
The accumulation of fibroblasts in epithelial organs such as the kidney can produce dangerous scars. Such tissue fibrosis begins when epithelial cells morph into fibroblasts by epithelial-mesenchymal transition. A key regulator of this process in the kidney now emerges (pages 387–393).
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