Bone has the unique capacity to heal without the formation of a fibrous scar, likely because
several of the cellular and molecular processes governing bone healing recapitulate the …

Oncogene activation and tumor-suppressor gene inactivation are considered as the main
causes driving the transformation of normal somatic cells into malignant tumor cells. Cancer …

Granulation tissue fibroblasts (myofibroblasts) develop several ultrastructural and
biochemical features of smooth muscle (SM) cells, including the presence of microfilament …

Cancer associated fibroblasts (CAFs) is one of the most crucial components of the tumor
microenvironment which promotes the growth and invasion of cancer cells by various …

In spite of the advances in the knowledge of adult stem cells (ASCs) during the past few
years, their natural activities in vivo are still poorly understood. Mesenchymal stem cells …

Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) has become widely accepted as a mechanism by
which injured renal tubular cells transform into mesenchymal cells that contribute to the …

Haemangiopericytoma (HPC) was described in 1942 by Stout and Murray as a distinctive
soft tissue neoplasm, presumably of pericytic origin, exhibiting a characteristic well …

Microvascular pericytes are believed to be involved in various functions such as regulation
of capillary blood flow and endothelial proliferation. Since pericytes represent a …

Pericytes are perivascular cells with multifunctional activities which are now being
elucidated. The functional interaction of pericytes with endothelial cells (EC) is now being …

After cardiac ischaemia, a prolonged decrease of coronary microvascular perfusion often
occurs even after flow is restored in an upstream artery. This' no-reflow'phenomenon …