Mesothelial cells in tissue repair and fibrosis

• Main Authors: Steven Eugene Mutsaers (Author), Kimberly eBirnie (Author), Sally eLansley (Author), Sarah E Herrick (Author), Chuan Bian eLim (Author), Cecilia M Prêle (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2015-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

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...