Mesothelial cells in tissue repair and fibrosis

• Egile Nagusiak: Steven Eugene Mutsaers (Egilea), Kimberly eBirnie (Egilea), Sally eLansley (Egilea), Sarah E Herrick (Egilea), Chuan Bian eLim (Egilea), Cecilia M Prêle (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: Frontiers Media S.A., 2015-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Gaiak: article
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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 mediato...