Fibrocytes and the tissue niche in lung repair
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Summary, in English
Human fibrocytes are bone marrow-derived mesenchymal progenitor cells that express a variety of markers related to leukocytes, hematopoietic stem cells and a diverse set of fibroblast phenotypes. Fibrocytes can be recruited from the circulation to the tissue where they further can differentiate and proliferate into various mesenchymal cell types depending on the tissue niche. This local tissue niche is important because it modulates the fibrocytes and coordinates their role in tissue behaviour and repair. However, plasticity of a niche may be co-opted in chronic airway diseases such as asthma, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and obliterative bronchiolitis. This review will therefore focus on a possible role of fibrocytes in pathological tissue repair processes in those diseases.
Department/s
Publishing year
2011
Language
English
Publication/Series
Respiratory Research
Volume
12
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Document type
Journal article review
Publisher
BioMed Central (BMC)
Topic
- Respiratory Medicine and Allergy
Status
Published
Research group
- Lung Biology
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 1465-9921