| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 316 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Summary |
This volume provides a comprehensive and multidisciplinary overview of fibrocytes, written by the main researchers in the field. It is aimed at a broad audience of scientists and clinicians with an interest in the role of circulating fibrocytes in the etiopathogenesis of different fibrosing disorders, atherosclerosis, autoimmunity, and cancer. |
| Contents |
Preface; Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1. Hematopoietic Origin of Fibrocytes Mehrdad Abedi; 1.1. Introduction; 1.2. Structure of Bone Marrow; 1.3. Marrow-Derived Fibroblasts; 1.4. Origin of Fibroblasts in Tissue; 1.5. Fibrocytes; 1.6. What is the Relation between Macrophages and Circulating Fibroblasts Precursors?; 1.7. Perspective; References; Chapter 2. Fibrocytes and Collagen-Producing Cells of the Peripheral Blood Richard H. Gomer and Darrell Pilling; 2.1. Introduction: Fibrocytes Precursors Originate in Bone Marrow, and Exist in Blood. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Fibroblasts.
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Fibroblasts. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Bucala, Richard. Fibrocytes in health and disease. Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, ©2012 9789814343718 (DLC) 2012405484 (OCoLC)701808092 |
| ISBN |
9789814343725 (electronic book) |
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9814343722 (electronic book) |
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9789814343718 |
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9814343714 |
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