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fibroblast

 [fi´bro-blast]
an immature fiber-producing cell of connective tissue capable of differentiating into a chondroblast, collagenoblast, or osteoblast. Called also fibrocyte. adj., adj fibroblas´tic.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

fi·bro·blast

(fī'brō-blast),
A stellate or spindle-shaped cell with cytoplasmic processes present in connective tissue, capable of forming collagen fibers.
Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

fibroblast

(fī′brə-blăst′)
n.
A cell that gives rise to connective tissue.
fi′bro·blas′tic adj.
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fi·bro·blast

(fī'brō-blast)
A stellate or spindle-shaped cell with cytoplasmic processes present in connective tissue, capable of forming collagen fibers; an inactive fibroblast is sometimes called a fibrocyte.
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

fibroblast

A cell that generates the protein COLLAGEN, a major component of connective tissue and the main structural material of the body. Fibroblasts are important in wound healing. They can readily be cultured artificially.
Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005

fibroblast

a connective tissue cell which may differentiate into CHONDROBLASTS, COLLAGENOBLASTS or OSTEOBLASTS.
Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005

Fibroblast

A large flat cell that secretes the proteins that form collagen and elastic fibers and the substance between the cells of connective tissue.
Mentioned in: Adhesions, Antiangiogenic Therapy
Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.

fi·bro·blast

(fī'brō-blast)
Stellate or spindle-shaped cell with cytoplasmic processes present in connective tissue, capable of forming collagen fibers.
Medical Dictionary for the Dental Professions © Farlex 2012
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There were few scattered endoneurial fibroblasts with short cytoplasmic processes throughout the endoneurium without special arrangement.
A Possible Role of Endoneurial Fibroblast-Like Cells in the Resolution of Endoneurial Oedema Following Nerve Crush Injury/ El Posible Rol de los Fibroblastos Endoneurales en la Resolucion del Edema Endoneural Despues de una Lesion por Aplastamiento Nervioso
IL-1[alpha] is a negative regulatory factor in HS formation, which can bind to fibroblasts receptors to restrain abnormal collagen accumulation (Niessen et al., 2004; Zhang et al., 2004; Xu et al., 2008).
Regulation of Collagen Metabolism in Keratinocyte-Fibroblast Organotypic Co-culture by Pressure
Moreover, in a previous study, conversion of resting fibroblasts to pro-fibrogenic myofibroblasts in response to Ang II and endothelin resulted in cardiac fibrosis (10).
YAP activation promotes the transdifferentiation of cardiac fibroblasts to myofibroblasts in matrix remodeling of dilated cardiomyopathy
bFGF significantly promoted cell proliferation and collagen expression of fibroblasts. EGF mildly promoted fibroblast proliferation and had a slight effect on collagen expression.
Effect of Optimized Concentrations of Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor and Epidermal Growth Factor on Proliferation of Fibroblasts and Expression of Collagen: Related to Pelvic Floor Tissue Regeneration
Citation: Ichim et al., Fibroblasts as a Practical Alternative to Mesenchymal Stem Cells.
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Human skin fibroblast (HSF) plays an important role during the main reconstruction process of the damaged skin area.
Role of Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases in the Formation of Hypertrophic Scar with Model of Lipopolysaccharide Stimulated Skin Fibroblast Cells
These modifications will suppress expression of fibroblast genes while activating cardiac genes by remodeling chromatin structure to allow or restrict the access of TFs to their target genes.
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where [V.sub.myo] and represent the membrane potential of the atrial myocyte and fibroblast, respectively, [C.sub.myo] and [C.sub.Fb] are the membrane capacitance of the myocyte and fibroblast, respectively, [I.sub.myo] is the net membrane current of the myocyte, and [I.sub.Fb] is the net membrane current of fibroblast.
Simulation of Atrial Fibrosis Using Coupled Myocyte-Fibroblast Cellular and Human Atrial Models
Inverse Correlation between Thy1 Expression and Fibroblast Proliferation.
A Profibrotic Phenotype in Naive and in Fibrotic Lung Myofibroblasts Is Governed by Modulations in Thy-1 Expression and Activation
For the cross-over experiments, fibroblast and keratinocyte monocultures were cultured as described above.
Saliva-Derived Host Defense Peptides Histatinl and LL-37 Increase Secretion of Antimicrobial Skin and Oral Mucosa Chemokine CCL20 in an IL-1[alpha]-Independent Manner
On day 7, in group A and B, 70% animals showed predominant fibroblasts. This association was found non-significant.
EFFECT OF CURCUMIN ON EPITHELIALIZATION AND COLLAGENIZATION IN INFLAMMATION
Dermal fibroblasts from these patients show increased nuclear dysmorphology and reduced proliferation; however, the efficacy of various pharmacological agents in reversing these cellular phenotypes remains unknown.
Progeroid Syndrome Patients with ZMPSTE24 Deficiency Could Benefit When Treated with Rapamycin and Dimethylsulfoxide

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