Sentences with phrase «forming myofibroblasts»

The AHR ligands turned on AHR - dependent genes and blocked the TGFβ - driven transformation of human orbital fibroblasts to scar - forming myofibroblasts.

It was unknown which kinds of stem cells form myofibroblasts, and where these stem cells are located.

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Now they've discovered additional factors actually produced by the regenerating hair follicle to convert the surrounding myofibroblasts to regenerate as fat instead of forming a scar.

The most common cells found in healing wounds are myofibroblasts, which were thought to only form a scar.

The orbital remodeling in TED is likely induced by infiltrating T lymphocytes and mast cells, which activate orbital fibroblast effector cells to either proliferate and form scar - producing cells called myofibroblasts or turn into pro-inflammatory fat cells.

But heart cells never truly regenerate in the damaged tissue, and myofibroblasts compensate for their absence by forming a stiff, collagenous scar that interferes with the heart's ability to maintain stable heart rhythms and to expand and contract forcefully to pump blood.