Desmin and actin in the identification of Ito cells and in monitoring their evolution to myofibroblasts in experimental liver fibrosis

Intermediate filaments as mechanical integrators of cellular space

1980 • 1,973 citations

Hepatic lipocytes: the principal collagen-producing cells of normal rat liver.

1985 • 839 citations

Fluorescent phallotoxin, a tool for the visualization of cellular actin.

1979 • 781 citations

Immunocytochemical Detection of Desmin in Fat-Storing Cells (Ito Cells)

1984 • 393 citations

Vitamin A-containing lipocytes and formation of type III collagen in liver injury.

1976 • 346 citations

Purified Rat Liver Fat-Storing Cells in Culture Divide and Contain Collagen

1984 • 326 citations

Alcoholic liver injury in baboons: transformation of lipocytes to transitional cells.

1984 • 299 citations

Alcoholic liver injury in baboons: Transformation of lipocytes to transitional cells

1984 • 275 citations

The Role of Fat-Storing Cells in Disse Space Fibrogenesis in Alcoholic Liver Disease

1983 • 177 citations

Heterogeneity of Intermediate Filament Expression in Vascular Smooth Muscle: A Gradient in Desmin Positive Cells from the Rat Aortic Arch to the Level of the Arteria Iliaca Communis

1981 • 162 citations

Phalloidin-induced hyperplasia of actin filaments in rat hepatocytes.

1975 • 127 citations

Desmin‐containing stellate cells in rat liver; distribution in normal animals and response to experimental acute liver injury

1986 • 122 citations

Sequential changes of extracellular matrix and proliferation of Ito cells with enhanced expression of desmin and actin in focal hepatic injury.

1986 • 108 citations

Co-existence of vimentin and desmin type intermediate filaments in a subpopulation of adult rat vascular smooth muscle cells growing in primary culture

1982 • 107 citations

The intermediate filament cytoskeleton of myofibroblasts: An immunofluorescence and ultrastructural study

1984 • 104 citations

Desmin- and Vimentin-containing Filaments and Their Role in the Assembly of the Z Disk in Muscle Cells

1982 • 95 citations

The role of fat-storing cells in Disse space fibrogenesis in alcoholic liver disease

1983 • 81 citations

Characterization of the intermediate-sized filaments in liver cells by immunofluorescence and electron microscopy

1979 • 77 citations

Correlation between Ito cells and fibrogenesis in an experimental model of hepatic fibrosis. A sequential stereological study

1983 • 77 citations

Transient change of organization of vimentin filaments during mitosis as demonstrated by a monoclonal antibody

1984 • 66 citations

Functional changes of intermediate filaments in fibroblastic cells revealed by a monoclonal antibody.

1983 • 47 citations

Relationship between connective tissue cells and fibronectin in a sequential model of experimental hepatic fibrosis

1983 • 29 citations

Sequential behaviour of extracellular matrix glycoproteins in an experimental model of hepatic fibrosis

1985 • 22 citations