The maturation of connective tissue involves the organization of collagen fibres by resident fibroblasts. Fibroblast attachment to collagen has been demonstrated to involve cell surface receptors, integrins of the beta 1 family. Integrins are associated with cytoplasmic actin of microfilaments eithe
Fibroblast expression of collagen integrin receptors α1β1 and α2β1 is not changed in systemic scleroderma
✍ Scribed by Herzhoff; Sollberg; Huerkamp; Krieg; Eckes
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 307 KB
- Volume
- 141
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-0963
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