Fibrocytes in the Fibrotic Lung: Altered Phenotype Detected by Flow Cytometry

• Main Authors: Charles eReese (Author), Rebecca eLee (Author), Michael eBonner (Author), Beth ePerry (Author), Jonathan eHeywood (Author), Richard M Silver (Author), Elena eTourkina (Author), Richard P Visconti (Author), Stanley eHoffman (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Fibrocytes are bone marrow hematopoietic-derived cells that also express a mesenchymal cell marker (commonly collagen I) and participate in fibrotic diseases of multiple organs. Given their origin, they or their precursors must be circulating cells before recruitment into target tissues. While most...