The Myofibroblast

Tumors: Wounds That Do Not Heal

1986 • 4,202 citations

J. Submicrosc. Cytol. Pathol.

2000 • 2,783 citations

Presence of modified fibroblasts in granulation tissue and their possible role in wound contraction

1971 • 1,458 citations

Alpha-smooth muscle actin is transiently expressed by myofibroblasts during experimental wound healing.

1990 • 1,176 citations

Apoptosis mediates the decrease in cellularity during the transition between granulation tissue and scar.

1995 • 1,167 citations

A novel metalloproteinase gene specifically expressed in stromal cells of breast carcinomas

1990 • 1,140 citations

Differentiation repertoire of fibroblastic cells: expression of cytoskeletal proteins as marker of phenotypic modulations.

1990 • 838 citations

GRANULATION TISSUE AS A CONTRACTILE ORGAN

1972 • 802 citations

Contraction of Granulation Tissue in vitro: Similarity to Smooth Muscle

1971 • 569 citations

Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors—Value of CD34 Antigen in their Identification and Separation from True Leiomyomas and Schwannomas

1995 • 564 citations

Cell proliferation in human coronary arteries.

1990 • 532 citations

Heterogeneity of myofibroblast phenotypic features: an example of fibroblastic cell plasticity

1994 • 431 citations

Angiomyofibroblastoma of the Vulva

1992 • 342 citations

Myofibroblastoma of the Breast

1987 • 320 citations

Extracellular matrix regulates expression of the TGF-beta 1 gene.

1993 • 260 citations

Human smooth muscle autoantibody. Its identification as antiactin antibody and a study of its binding to "nonmuscular" cells.

1973 • 256 citations

A function for filamentous alpha-smooth muscle actin: retardation of motility in fibroblasts.

1996 • 209 citations

Myofibroblasts and related cells in malignant fibrous and fibrohistiocytic tumors

1977 • 198 citations

Angiomyofibroblastomalike Tumor of the Male Genital Tract

1998 • 168 citations

Palisaded myofibroblastoma. A benign mesenchymal tumor of lymph node.

1989 • 153 citations

Clonal chromosomal abnormalities in desmoid tumors. Implications for histopathogenesis

1992 • 151 citations

Myofibroblasts in the stroma of invasive and metastatic carcinoma A possible host response to neoplasia

1979 • 146 citations

Palisaded Myofibroblastoma

1989 • 141 citations

Intranodal hemorrhagic spindle-cell tumor with "amianthoid" fibers. Report of six cases of a distinctive mesenchymal neoplasm of the inguinal region that simulates Kaposi's sarcoma.

1989 • 134 citations

The story of the myofibroblasts

1979 • 133 citations

Intranodal Hemorrhagic Spindle-Cell Tumor with “Amianthoid” Fibers

1989 • 131 citations

Lysyl oxidase gene expression in the stromal reaction to in situ and invasive ductal breast carcinoma.

1997 • 123 citations

Massive apoptosis in infantile myofibromatosis. A putative mechanism of tumor regression.

1994 • 120 citations

Genital Angiomyofibroblastoma:Comparison With Aggressive Angiomyxoma and Other Myxoid Neoplasms of Skin and Soft Tissue

1997 • 112 citations

Messenger RNA for urokinase plasminogen activator is expressed in myofibroblasts adjacent to cancer cells in human breast cancer.

1996 • 110 citations

Modulation of fibroblastic cytoskeletal features during pathological situations: The role of extracellular matrix and cytokines

1994 • 108 citations

Synovial sarcomaElectron microscopic study of a typical case

1971 • 96 citations

Myofibrosarcoma of the Breast

1997 • 93 citations

Stromal myofibroblasts in primary invasive and metastatic carcinomas

1981 • 93 citations

Fibroblasts of Granulation Tissue: Immunofluorescent Staining with Antismooth Muscle Serum

1971 • 89 citations

The specific NH2-terminal sequence Ac-EEED of alpha-smooth muscle actin plays a role in polymerization in vitro and in vivo.

1995 • 82 citations

Solitary fibrous tumour (myofibroblastoma) of the breast

1994 • 82 citations

Stromal aspects of breast carcinoma

1979 • 80 citations

A Study of Spindle Cell Sarcomas Showing Myofibroblastic Differentiation

1991 • 79 citations

Vulval Angiomyofibroblastoma:Clinicopathologic Analysis of Six Cases

1997 • 73 citations

Epithelioid sarcoma. A light and electron microscopic study suggesting a synovial origin

1972 • 72 citations

Expression of α‐sooth‐muscle actin in stromal cells of the uterine cervix during epithlial neoplastic changes

1991 • 68 citations

The intima: development and monoclonal responses to injury

1995 • 63 citations

Desmoid Tumor Is a Clonal Cellular Proliferation: PCR Amplification of HUMARA for Analysis of Patterns of X-Chromosome Inactivation

1997 • 59 citations

Myofibroblasts in soft tissue sarcomas

1980 • 51 citations

Congenital Pulmonary Myofibroblastic Tumor: A Case Report with Cytogenetic Analysis and Review of the Literature

1997 • 46 citations

Origins of human atherosclerotic plaques. The role of altered gene expression.

1988 • 44 citations

Mammary Myofibroblastoma With Leiomyomatous Differentiation

1997 • 39 citations

Soft tissue myofibroblastomas.

1991 • 34 citations

Myogenic Stromal Tumor of the Male Breast (So-Called Myofibroblastoma)

1991 • 30 citations

On the pathogenesis of sclerosis and nodularity in nodular sclerosing Hodgkin's Disease

1980 • 30 citations

Meningeal Myofibroblastoma

1993 • 29 citations

Intrapericardial thymoma: report of two incidental autopsy cases and review of the literature.

1997 • 24 citations