Modulation of fibroblast activity by normal and silica‐exposed alveolar macrophages

A macrophage-dependent factor that stimulates the proliferation of fibroblasts in vitro.

1976 • 579 citations

Human Alveolar Macrophage Growth Factor for Fibroblasts

1982 • 301 citations

Activity of a Macrophage Factor in Collagen Formation by Silica

1967 • 293 citations

Mononuclear cell modulation of connective tissue function: suppression of fibroblast growth by stimulation of endogenous prostaglandin production.

1980 • 282 citations

Mechanisms of pulmonary fibrosis. Spontaneous release of the alveolar macrophage-derived growth factor in the interstitial lung disorders.

1983 • 217 citations

Conversion of Proline to Collagen Hydroxyproline in a Cell-free System from Chick Embryo

1963 • 180 citations

The methodology of connective tissue research

1977 • 161 citations

Control of collagen production by human diploid lung fibroblasts.

1980 • 158 citations

The role of cell injury and the continuing inflammatory response in the generation of silicotic pulmonary fibrosis

1984 • 97 citations

Deposition and translocation of inhaled silica in rats. Quantification of particle distribution, macrophage participation, and function.

1982 • 91 citations

Bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis in hamsters. An alveolar macrophage product increases fibroblast prostaglandin E2 and cyclic adenosine monophosphate and suppresses fibroblast proliferation and collagen production.

1983 • 79 citations

Role of polymorphonuclear leukocytes in silica-induced pulmonary fibrosis.

1984 • 76 citations

The Regulation of Lung Fibroblast Proliferation by Alveolar Macrophages in Experimental Silicosis^1–3

1984 • 71 citations

The effect of silica-treated macrophages on the synthesis of collagen and other proteins in vitro

1976 • 67 citations

The induction of fibrogenesis by silica-treated alveolar macrophages

1973 • 65 citations

The in-vitro effects of silica-treated hamster macrophages on collagen production by hamster fibroblasts

1973 • 57 citations

Biochemical and cellular mechanisms of dust-induced lung fibrosis.

1984 • 52 citations

An insoluble fibrogenic factor in macrophages from guinea pigs exposed to silica

1973 • 41 citations

A study of macrophage-mediated initiation of fibrosis by asbestos and silica using a diffusion chamber technique.

1982 • 28 citations

Fibrogenesis

1974 • 23 citations

Inhibition of human lung fibroblast growth by mononuclear cells.

1982 • 21 citations

Cellular Reactions with Silica

1978 • 19 citations

What goes wrong with the macrophage in silicosis?

1982 • 17 citations

Evidence for a dose-dependent inflammatory response to quartz in the rat lung and its significance in early changes in collagen metabolism.

1983 • 16 citations

Effect of silica on the proliferative behavior of human lung fibroblasts

1980 • 15 citations

Dose-Dependent Effects in the Subacute Response of the Rat Lung to Quartz. II. Protease Activities and Levels of Soluble Hydroxyproline in Lung Lavage

1983 • 7 citations

AN ATTEMPT TO DETECT A MACROPHAGE FIBROGENIC FACTOR <italic>IN VITRO</italic>

1983 • 3 citations