Enhanced ROCK1 dependent contractility in fibroblast from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients
2012
Background
During wound healing processes fibroblasts account for wound closure by adopting a contractile phenotype. One disease manifestation of COPD is emphysema which is characterized by destruction of alveolar walls and our hypothesis is that fibroblasts in the COPD lungs differentiate into a more contractile phenotype as a response to the deteriorating environment.
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