News tagged with myofibroblasts
Myofibroblast
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Maine girl bouncing back after 6-organ transplant
(AP) -- A 9-year-old Maine girl is home from a Boston hospital healthy, active and with high hopes - and a new stomach, liver, spleen, small intestine, pancreas, and part of an esophagus to replace the ones ...
Feb 02, 2012 |
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Bear bile chemical could help keep hearts in rhythm
A synthesised compound which is also found in bear bile could help prevent disturbances in the heart's normal rhythm, according to research published today in the journal Hepatology by a team from Imperial College London ...
Aug 02, 2011 |
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Huge pelvi-abdominal malignant inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor
A research team from Taiwan reported an unusual case of pelvic-abdominal inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) with malignant transformation in a 14-year-old boy presenting with abdominal pain and 9 kg body weight loss ...
Jun 17, 2010 |
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Farnesoid X receptor regulates cystathionase
The expression and activity of Cystathionase is reduced in rodent models of liver injury, leading to hyper-homocysteinemia and impaired generation of hydrogen sulphide, two factors that contribute to endothelial dysfunction ...
May 13, 2009 |
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Is transforming growth factor-beta involved in intestinal wound healing?
Migration of colonic lamina propria fibroblasts (CLPF) plays an important role during the progression of fibrosis and fistulae in Crohn's disease. Transforming growth factor- beta (TGF- beta) is involved in the regulation ...
Mar 30, 2009 |
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