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A novel potent vasoconstrictor peptide produced by vascular endothelial cells

1988 • 10,786 citations

Tumors: Wounds That Do Not Heal

1986 • 4,202 citations

Cancer metastasis and angiogenesis: An imbalance of positive and negative regulation

1991 • 2,774 citations

Cell surface, heparin-like molecules are required for binding of basic fibroblast growth factor to its high affinity receptor

1991 • 2,437 citations

Transforming growth factor-beta 1 induces alpha-smooth muscle actin expression in granulation tissue myofibroblasts and in quiescent and growing cultured fibroblasts

1993 • 2,169 citations

The Human Hematopoietic Colony-Stimulating Factors

1987 • 1,728 citations

Signal transduction from the extracellular matrix.

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A monoclonal antibody against alpha-smooth muscle actin: a new probe for smooth muscle differentiation.

1986 • 1,644 citations

The smooth muscle cell in culture

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

1971 • 1,458 citations

The Cellular Basis of Hepatic Fibrosis -- Mechanisms and Treatment Strategies

1993 • 1,444 citations

Proteoglycans as modulators of growth factor activities

1991 • 1,338 citations

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

1990 • 1,176 citations

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

1990 • 1,140 citations

Transforming growth factor-beta in disease: the dark side of tissue repair.

1992 • 1,126 citations

Wound Macrophages Express TGF-α and Other Growth Factors in Vivo: Analysis by mRNA Phenotyping

1988 • 1,107 citations

Recent developments in the cell biology of basic fibroblast growth factor.

1989 • 1,049 citations

Natural inhibitor of transforming growth factor-β protects against scarring in experimental kidney disease

1992 • 984 citations

Accelerated Healing of Incisional Wounds in Rats Induced by Transforming Growth Factor-β

1987 • 938 citations

Different intermediate-sized filaments distinguished by immunofluorescence microscopy.

1978 • 917 citations

Fibroblast traction as a mechanism for collagen morphogenesis

1981 • 862 citations

ENDOTHELIAL CONTRACTION INDUCED BY HISTAMINE-TYPE MEDIATORS

1969 • 841 citations

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

1990 • 838 citations

Suppression by heparin of smooth muscle cell proliferation in injured arteries

1977 • 798 citations

Transforming growth factor-beta: recent progress and new challenges.

1992 • 781 citations

At least six different actins are expressed in a higher mammal: An analysis based on the amino acid sequence of the amino-terminal tryptic peptide

1978 • 738 citations

PDGF and FGF stimulate wound healing in the genetically diabetic mouse.

1990 • 689 citations

Granulocyte- and granulocyte– macrophage-colony stimulating factors induce human endothelial cells to migrate and proliferate

1989 • 652 citations

Receptors for the TGF-β family

1992 • 638 citations

Heparin is required for cell-free binding of basic fibroblast growth factor to a soluble receptor and for mitogenesis in whole cells.

1992 • 634 citations

Two Different Subunits Associate to Create Isoform-Specific Platelet-derived Growth Factor Receptors

1989 • 633 citations

New Insights into “The Riddle of the Mast Cells”: Microenvironmental Regulation of Mast Cell Development and Phenotypic Heterogeneity

1990 • 625 citations

Control of scarring in adult wounds by neutralising antibody to transforming growth factor β

1992 • 624 citations

Fibrogenic cytokines: the role of immune mediators in the development of scar tissue

1991 • 607 citations

α-Actinin: Immunofluorescent localization of a muscle structural protein in nonmuscle cells

1975 • 599 citations

Role of platelet‐derived growth factor in wound healing

1991 • 569 citations

The fibronexus: a transmembrane association of fibronectin-containing fibers and bundles of 5 nm microfilaments in hamster and human fibroblasts

1979 • 536 citations

Identification and characterization of multiple forms of actin

1976 • 530 citations

Binding of different dimeric forms of PDGF to human fibroblasts: evidence for two separate receptor types.

1988 • 514 citations

Dupuytren's contracture: fibroblast contraction? An ultrastructural study.

1972 • 508 citations

Macrophage production of transforming growth factor beta and fibroblast collagen synthesis in chronic pulmonary inflammation.

1989 • 502 citations

Soft tissue tumours

1989 • 493 citations

Vascular smooth muscle cells differ from other smooth muscle cells: predominance of vimentin filaments and a specific alpha-type actin.

1981 • 478 citations

Myofibroblasts from diverse pathologic settings are heterogeneous in their content of actin isoforms and intermediate filament proteins.

1989 • 473 citations

Expression of smooth muscle cell phenotype by rat mesangial cells in immune complex nephritis. Alpha-smooth muscle actin is a marker of mesangial cell proliferation.

1991 • 461 citations

Role of platelet-derived growth factor in wound healing: synergistic effects with other growth factors.

1987 • 421 citations

In vitro and in vivo association of transforming growth factor-beta 1 with hepatic fibrosis.

1989 • 420 citations

Cell biology of arterial proteoglycans.

1989 • 409 citations

The roles of the myofibroblast in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Ultrastructural and immunohistochemical features of sites of active extracellular matrix synthesis.

1991 • 406 citations

Human skin fibroblasts in vitro differentiate along a terminal cell lineage.

1988 • 400 citations

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

1984 • 393 citations

Epiretinal and Vitreous Membranes

1981 • 390 citations

Platelet-derived growth factor BB for the treatment of chronic pressure ulcers

1992 • 389 citations

Myofibroblasts in human granulation tissue

1974 • 385 citations

Transgenic mice expressing a hemopoietic growth factor gene (GM-CSF) develop accumulations of macrophages, blindness, and a fatal syndrome of tissue damage

1987 • 384 citations

Immunoreactive fibroblast growth factor in cells of peritoneal exudate suggests its identity with macrophage-derived growth factor

1985 • 372 citations

Growth factor-induced acceleration of tissue repair through direct and inductive activities in a rabbit dermal ulcer model.

1991 • 355 citations

"CONTRACTILE INTERSTITIAL CELLS" IN PULMONARY ALVEOLAR SEPTA: A POSSIBLE REGULATOR OF VENTILATION/PERFUSION RATIO?

1974 • 345 citations

Inhibition of rat arterial smooth muscle cell proliferation by heparin. II. In vitro studies.

1980 • 337 citations

Modulation of alpha smooth muscle actin and desmin expression in perisinusoidal cells of normal and diseased human livers.

1991 • 334 citations

Stromal expression of 72 kda type IV collagenase (MMP-2) and TIMP-2 mRNAs in colorectal neoplasia.

1992 • 333 citations

Cytoplasmic filaments and gap junctions in epithelial cells and myofibroblasts during wound healing.

1978 • 328 citations

Role of fibroblast subpopulations in periodontal physiology and pathology

1991 • 323 citations

What controls smooth muscle phenotype?

1981 • 322 citations

Smooth‐muscle differentiation in stromal cells of malignant and non‐malignant breast tissues

1988 • 319 citations

Expression of class II transplantation antigen on vascular smooth muscle cells in human atherosclerosis.

1985 • 308 citations

Clonal selection, attenuation and differentiation in an in vitro model of hyperplasia.

1974 • 304 citations

Antibody to Myosin: The Specific Visualization of Myosin-Containing Filaments in Nonmuscle Cells

1974 • 300 citations

Tropomyosin antibody: the specific localization of tropomyosin in nonmuscle cells.

1975 • 280 citations

Gamma interferon is the lymphokine and beta interferon the monokine responsible for inhibition of fibroblast collagen production and late but not early fibroblast proliferation.

1985 • 278 citations

Differentiation requires continuous regulation.

1991 • 276 citations

Fibroblast growth factors

1987 • 273 citations

VARIATION IN THE LIFE-SPAN OF CLONES DERIVED FROM HUMAN DIPLOID CELL STRAINS

1974 • 272 citations

Enhanced expression of “muscle-specific” actin in glomerulonephritis

1992 • 268 citations

Increased synthesis of extracellular matrix in mesangial proliferative nephritis

1991 • 265 citations

Interferon gamma inhibits both proliferation and expression of differentiation-specific alpha-smooth muscle actin in arterial smooth muscle cells.

1989 • 265 citations

In vivo co-distribution of fibronectin and actin fibers in granulation tissue: immunofluorescence and electron microscope studies of the fibronexus at the myofibroblast surface.

1984 • 261 citations

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

1993 • 260 citations

Phylogenetic analysis of the myosin superfamily

1993 • 258 citations

HHF35, a muscle actin-specific monoclonal antibody. II. Reactivity in normal, reactive, and neoplastic human tissues.

1987 • 258 citations

A smooth muscle-specific monoclonal antibody recognizes smooth muscle actin isozymes.

1985 • 257 citations

WOUND HEALING AND COLLAGEN FORMATION

1970 • 253 citations

Reactive and Neoplastic Serosal Tissue

1986 • 251 citations

In vivo incisional wound healing augmented by platelet-derived growth factor and recombinant c-sis gene homodimeric proteins.

1988 • 249 citations

Gamma-interferon regulates vascular smooth muscle proliferation and Ia antigen expression in vivo and in vitro.

1988 • 248 citations

Cytoskeleton of rat aortic smooth muscle cells. Normal conditions and experimental intimal thickening.

1984 • 241 citations

The functional importance of multiple actin isoforms

1990 • 239 citations

Human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor is a growth factor active on a variety of cell types of nonhemopoietic origin.

1988 • 238 citations

Growth factors and cutaneous wound repair

1992 • 236 citations

Stimulation of in vitro human skin collagenase expression by platelet-derived growth factor.

1985 • 236 citations

Carcinosarcomas: current perspectives and an historical review of nosological concepts.

1993 • 235 citations

Heterogeneous Proliferative Characteristics of Human Adult Lung Fibroblast Lines and Clonally Derived Fibroblasts from Control and Fibrotic Tissue

1988 • 228 citations

Stromal Involvement In Malignant Growth

1988 • 225 citations

Transforming growth factor-beta activity is potentiated by heparin via dissociation of the transforming growth factor-beta/alpha 2-macroglobulin inactive complex.

1989 • 225 citations

The distribution of actin in non-muscle cells

1975 • 224 citations

Accelerated wound repair, cell proliferation, and collagen accumulation are produced by a cartilage-derived growth factor.

1985 • 221 citations

Injury induces in vivo expression of platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) and PDGF receptor mRNAs in skin epithelial cells and PDGF mRNA in connective tissue fibroblasts.

1991 • 220 citations

The stellate cell (Ito-cell, fat-storing cell, lipocyte, perisinusoidal cell) of the liver

1992 • 212 citations

α-Smooth muscle actin is expressed in a subpopulation of cultured and cloned fibroblasts and is modulated by γ-interferon

1992 • 209 citations

Desmoid Tumors in Familial Polyposis Coli

1986 • 208 citations

Coexistence of desmin and the fibroblastic intermediate filament subunit in muscle and nonmuscle cells: identification and comparative peptide analysis.

1979 • 197 citations

Basic fibroblast growth factor is efficiently released from a cytolsolic storage site through plasma membrane disruptions of endothelial cells

1991 • 193 citations

Induction of fibronectin gene transcription and mRNA is a primary response to growth-factor stimulation of AKR-2B cells.

1988 • 193 citations

Contraction and organization of collagen gels by cells cultured from periodontal ligament, gingiva and bone suggest functional differences between cell types

1981 • 193 citations

Intermediate filament proteins and actin isoforms as markers for soft tissue tumor differentiation and origin. II. Rhabdomyosarcomas.

1988 • 189 citations

Loss of Division Potential in Vitro: Aging or Differentiation?

1978 • 189 citations

Transforming growth factor‐β1 is a heparin‐binding protein: Identification of putative heparin‐binding regions and isolation of heparins with varying affinity for TGF‐β1

1992 • 188 citations

Gamma-interferon inhibits collagen synthesis in vivo in the mouse.

1987 • 181 citations

Selective upregulation of platelet-derived growth factor alpha receptors by transforming growth factor beta in scleroderma fibroblasts.

1992 • 181 citations

Differential effects of interleukin‐1α, tumor necrosis factor α, and transforming growth factor β1 on cell proliferation and collagen formation by cultured fat‐storing cells

1989 • 178 citations

The Molecular Biology of Intermediate Filament Proteins

1992 • 177 citations

sis (platelet-derived growth factor B chain) gene transcript levels are elevated in human atherosclerotic lesions compared to normal artery.

1987 • 172 citations

Molecular and Cell Isoforms During Development

1983 • 172 citations

Effects of transforming growth factor-beta 1 on human arterial smooth muscle cells in vitro.

1991 • 171 citations

Filamin, a new high-molecular-weight protein found in smooth muscle and nonmuscle cells. Purification and properties of chicken gizzard filamin

1977 • 165 citations

A Controlled Trial of Intralesional Recombinant Interferon-? in the Treatment of Keloidal Scarring

1990 • 165 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

Transforming growth factor β levels in rat wound chambers

1987 • 161 citations

Heparin Is Required for Cell-Free Binding of Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor to a Soluble Receptor and for Mitogenesis in Whole Cells

1992 • 160 citations

Adenosintriphosphat als betriebsstoff von zellbewegungen

1954 • 157 citations

The Biology of the Myofibroblast Relationship to Wound Contraction and Fibrocontractive Diseases

1988 • 156 citations

Colonic pericryptal fibroblast sheath: replication, migration, and cytodifferentiation of a mesenchymal cell system in adult tissue. II. Fine structural aspects of normal rabbit and human colon.

1968 • 155 citations

Stromal regulation of epithelial function

1991 • 154 citations

Locally applied GM-CSF induces the accumulation of α-smooth muscle act in containing myofibroblasts

1991 • 154 citations

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

1988 • 153 citations

Radial keratotomy. II. Role of the myofibroblast in corneal wound contraction.

1992 • 153 citations

Fine structure of fibroblasts in the periodontal ligament of the rat incisor and their possible role in tooth eruption

1974 • 150 citations

On the binding of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) to heparin and the release in vivo of the TNF-binding protein I by heparin.

1991 • 150 citations

Intermediate Filament Protein as a Marker of Uterine Stromal Cell Decidualization1

1986 • 149 citations

Biosynthesis and regulation of type V collagen in diploid human fibroblasts.

1983 • 142 citations

Fibroblasts maintain the phenotype and viability of the rat heparin-containing mast cell in vitro.

1985 • 140 citations

Arterial smooth muscle cells in vivo: relationship between actin isoform expression and mitogenesis and their modulation by heparin.

1988 • 139 citations

Re-evaluation of fibroblasts and fibroblast-like cells

1990 • 138 citations

The intermediate filament cytoskeleton of malignant mesotheliomas and its diagnostic significance.

1985 • 136 citations

Smooth muscle α-actin is a transformation-sensitive marker for mouse NIH 3T3 and Rat-2 cells

1985 • 136 citations

Modulation of the invasive phenotype of human colon carcinoma cells by organ specific fibroblasts of nude mice

1992 • 134 citations

Heparin induces alpha-smooth muscle actin expression in cultured fibroblasts and in granulation tissue myofibroblasts.

1992 • 133 citations

Comparative Immunohistochemical Staining for Desmin and Muscle-Specific Actin: A Study of 576 Cases

1991 • 131 citations

CICATRIZATION OF WOUNDS

1916 • 128 citations

Morphologic and biochemical evidence for a contractile cell network within the rat intestinal mucosa

1987 • 128 citations

Extracellular matrix regulation of growth factor and protease activity

1991 • 128 citations

Wound Contraction in Relation to Collagen Formation in Scorbutic Guinea-pigs

1956 • 127 citations

Effect of γ-Interferon on the Clinical and Biologic Evolution of Hypertrophic Scars and Dupuytrenʼs Disease

1994 • 127 citations

Appearance of α‐smooth‐muscle‐actin‐positive cells in hepatic fibrosis

1991 • 127 citations

Rat alveolar myofibroblasts acquire alpha-smooth muscle actin expression during bleomycin-induced pulmonary fibrosis.

1993 • 125 citations

GROWTH-PROMOTING FUNCTION OF LEUCOCYTES

1922 • 123 citations

Evidence for the nonmuscle nature of the "myofibroblast" of granulation tissue and hypertropic scar. An immunofluorescence study.

1988 • 122 citations

Characterization of stromal cells with myoid features in lymph nodes and spleen in normal and pathologic conditions.

1987 • 120 citations

Activation of Latent Transforming Growth Factor ß

1993 • 118 citations

Origin of Fibroblasts in Wound Healing

1963 • 117 citations

Wound healing and scarring after cryosurgery

1984 • 117 citations

Scar cancers of the lung: Origin and significance

1984 • 115 citations

Appearance of alpha-smooth muscle actin in human eye lens cells of anterior capsular cataract and in cultured bovine lens-forming cells

1990 • 114 citations

Demonstration of actomyosin in mesangial cells of the renal glomerulus.

1972 • 112 citations

Myosin Isoenzyme Transitions in Muscle Development, Maturation, and Disease

1985 • 111 citations

Characterization of avascular corneal wound healing fibroblasts. New insights into the myofibroblast.

1987 • 107 citations

Mast cells, T cells and abnormal fibrosis

1985 • 107 citations

Modulation of actin isoform expression in alveolar myofibroblasts (contractile interstitial cells) during pulmonary hypertension.

1990 • 107 citations

An ultrastructural study of smooth muscle‐like cells in the theca externa of ovarian follicles in the rat

1970 • 106 citations

Human granulocyte-macrophagecolony-stimulating factor is a growth factor active on avariety of cell types of nonhemopoietic origin

1988 • 106 citations

Cytoskeletal features of alveolar myofibroblasts and pericytes in normal human and rat lung.

1992 • 106 citations

Molecular genetics of actin function

1993 • 106 citations

Alpha-smooth muscle actin in parenchymal cells of bleomycin-injured rat lung.

1989 • 104 citations

Effects of aFGF and bFGF on wound healing in rabbit corneas

1987 • 103 citations

Analysis of α-smooth-muscle actin mRNA expression in rat aortic smooth-muscle cells using a specific cDNA probe

1987 • 103 citations

Smooth muscle differentiation in scleroderma fibroblastic cells.

1990 • 101 citations

Correlation between the distribution of smooth muscle or non muscle myosins and ?-smooth muscle actin in normal and pathological soft tissues

1988 • 99 citations

Endothelin stimulates DNA synthesis in Swiss 3T3 cells. Synergy with polypeptide growth factors

1989 • 98 citations

Collagen synthesis by human fibroblasts. Regulation by transforming growth factor-β in the presence of other inflammatory mediators

1989 • 95 citations

GM-CSF-induced granulation tissue formation: relationships between macrophage and myofibroblast accumulation

1993 • 95 citations

The cytoskeleton of stromal cells from human bone marrow cultures resembles that of cultured smooth muscle cells.

1990 • 92 citations

Heparin and related glycosaminoglycans modulate the secretory phenotype of vascular smooth muscle cells.

1984 • 91 citations

Fibroblasts as a part of the contractile system in duodenal villi of rat

1972 • 91 citations

Recombinant gamma, alpha, and beta interferon regulation of human lung fibroblast proliferation.

1987 • 90 citations

Cultured aortic smooth muscle cells from newborn and adult rats show distinct cytoskeletal features

1992 • 89 citations

Myofibroblastic contraction in spontaneous regression of multiple congenital mesenchymal hamartomas

1977 • 89 citations

Colonic pericryptal fibroblasts

1989 • 85 citations

Myofibroblast-like cells in human anterior capsular cataract

1984 • 85 citations

Immunohistochemical localization of smooth muscle myosin in human spleen, lymph node, and other lymphoid tissues. Unique staining patterns in splenic white pulp and sinuses, lymphoid follicles, and certain vasculature, with ultrastructural correlations.

1986 • 84 citations

Myofibroblast-derived smooth muscle cells during remodelling of rabbit urinary bladder wall induced by partial outflow obstruction.

1993 • 84 citations

Increased proliferation of human synovial fibroblasts treated with recombinant immune interferon.

1985 • 79 citations

A Study of Spindle Cell Sarcomas Showing Myofibroblastic Differentiation

1991 • 79 citations

Sarcomatoid carcinomas (carcinosarcomas) of the gastrointestinal tract: a review.

1993 • 79 citations

Cellular features in desmoid fibromatosis and well-differentiated fibrosarcomas

1975 • 77 citations

Expression of alpha-smooth muscle actin in murine bone marrow stromal cells

1991 • 76 citations

Clonal heterogeneity in the fibroblast response to mononuclear cell derived mediators

1984 • 76 citations

AIDS-associated Kaposi's sarcoma-derived cells in long-term culture express and synthesize smooth muscle alpha-actin.

1991 • 76 citations

Abnormal Growth and Clonal Proliferation of Fibroblasts Derived from Kidneys with Interstitial Fibrosis

1990 • 75 citations

Heterogeneity in hormone responses and patterns of collagen synthesis in cloned dermal fibroblasts.

1990 • 73 citations

α-Smooth muscle actin is expressed in a subset of bone marrow stromal cells in normal and pathological conditions

1989 • 72 citations

Cytoskeletal characteristics of myofibroblasts in benign neoplastic and reactive fibroblastic lesions

1990 • 71 citations

Alpha smooth muscle actin (α-SM actin) in normal human ovaries, in ovarian stromal hyperplasia and in ovarian neoplasms

1989 • 70 citations

Characterization of human marrow stromal cells: role in progenitor cell binding and granulopoiesis

1989 • 69 citations

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

1991 • 68 citations

Stimulation of the hydrolysis of phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate and phosphatidylcholine by endothelin, a complete mitogen for Rat-1 fibroblasts

1990 • 68 citations

Smooth muscle differentiation in cultured human breast gland stromal cells.

1990 • 67 citations

Transcription factors junB and c-jun are selectively up-regulated and functionally implicated in fibrosarcoma development.

1992 • 67 citations

Intracellular localization of actin in cultured fibroblasts by electron microscopic immunocytochemistry.

1981 • 64 citations

CGA-7 and HHF, two monoclonal antibodies that recognize muscle actin and react with adherent cells in human long-term bone marrow cultures

1985 • 63 citations

Improved Healing of Tympanic Membrane Perforations with Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor

1991 • 63 citations

Origin of fibroblasts in experimental healing wounds: autoradiographic studies using tritiated thymidine.

1959 • 63 citations

Heterogeneity in the gingival fibromatoses

1991 • 61 citations

Biology of Normal Proliferating Cells in vitro Relevance for in vivo Aging

1987 • 60 citations

Platelet-derived growth factor-induced destabilization of smooth muscle alpha-actin mRNA

1990 • 60 citations

Nonmuscle and smooth muscle myosin isoforms in bovine endothelial cells

1990 • 60 citations

Evolution of the chordate muscle actin gene

1993 • 58 citations

A re‐evaluation of the changes in proliferation in human fibroblasts during ageing in vitro

1982 • 58 citations

Estrogen receptor protein in bone and soft tissue tumors.

1986 • 57 citations

Variation in collagen expression by cloned periodontal ligament cells

1983 • 57 citations

Non-muscle myosin isoforms and cell heterogeneity in developing rabbit vascular smooth muscle

1992 • 56 citations

Intranodal myofibroblastoma presenting in the submandibular region: evidence of a broader clinical and histological spectrum

1990 • 56 citations

Modulation of perisinusoidal cell cytoskeletal features during experimental hepatic fibrosis

1993 • 55 citations

Cytoskeletal and Cytocontractile Protein Composition of Smooth Muscle Cells in Developing and Obstructed Rabbit Bladder

1993 • 54 citations

NUCLEAR SHAPE IN MUSCLE CELLS

1969 • 53 citations

Acute endothelial cell contraction in vitro: A comparison with vascular smooth muscle cells and fibroblasts

1992 • 53 citations

Platelet-derived growth factor in Dupuytren's disease

1992 • 52 citations

Fibroblasts in normal and pathological terminal differentiation, aging, apoptosis and transformation

1992 • 52 citations

Effect of endothelin-1 on croton oil-induced granulation tissue in the rat. A pharmacologic and immunohistochemical study.

1992 • 51 citations

Ultrastructural evidence of myofibroblasts in circumscribed fibromatosis.

1976 • 51 citations

Differentiation of primary and secondary fibroblasts in cell culture systems

1991 • 47 citations

Growth factors as wound healing agents

1991 • 46 citations

Modulation of actin isoform expression in cultured arterial smooth muscle cells by heparin and culture conditions.

1991 • 46 citations

Substrain heterogeneity in prostaglandin E₂ synthesis of human dermal fibroblasts. Differences in prostaglandin E₂ synthetic capacity of substrains are not stimulus‐restricted

1985 • 44 citations

The Myofibroblast in Dupuytren’s Contracture

1991 • 43 citations

Synthesis of collagen, collagenase and collagenase inhibitors by cloned human gingival fibroblasts and the effect of Concanavalin A

1982 • 42 citations

Immune Interferon Is a Growth Factor for Human Lung Fibroblasts^1–4

1986 • 41 citations

A multitude of myosins

1993 • 41 citations

Myofibroblasts in the rat testicular capsule

1974 • 41 citations

α-Smooth Muscle Actin Expression in Tumor and Stromal Cells of Benign and Malignant Human Pigment Cell Tumors

1992 • 41 citations

Transforming Growth Factor-β: Role in Mediating Serum-Induced Endothelin Production by Vascular Endothelial Cells*

1991 • 41 citations

Comparative growth dynamics and morphology between cultured myofibroblasts from granulating wounds and dermal fibroblasts.

1984 • 40 citations

The effect of skin graft preparation on wound contraction.

1976 • 39 citations

Invasive fibrous tumor of the tracheobronchial tree: Clinical and pathologic study of seven cases

1989 • 37 citations

The small dermatan sulphate proteoglycans synthesized by fibroblasts derived from skin, synovium and gingiva show tissue-related heterogeneity

1988 • 34 citations

Histogenesis of Dupuytren's disease: An immunohistochemical study of 30 cases

1988 • 33 citations

Mechanism of thrombosis of the microcirculation.

1971 • 33 citations

Heterogeneous synthetic phenotype of cloned scleroderma fibroblasts may be due to aberrant regulation in the synthesis of connective tissues

1988 • 33 citations

Dupuytrenʼs Contracture

1958 • 33 citations

Recombinant interferon-? inhibits the mitogenic effect of platelet-derived growth factor at a level distal to the growth factor receptor

1988 • 32 citations

Myoid cells in the capsule of the adrenal gland and in monolayers derived from cultured adrenal capsules

1973 • 31 citations

Alteration in expression of smooth muscle α-Actin associated with transformation of rat 3Y1 cells

1990 • 30 citations

Evidence for selection in cultured diploid fibroblast strains

1978 • 30 citations

Immune functions of subpopulations of lung fibroblasts

1990 • 30 citations

Cultured Myofibroblasts: A Useful Model to Study Wound Contraction and Pathological Contracture

1985 • 26 citations

Collagenase Production by Cloned Populations of Rabbit Synovial Fibroblasts

1981 • 26 citations

Effects of Endothelin-1 on Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Phenotypic Differentiation

1992 • 25 citations

Oestrogen and progesterone receptor expression in mammary fibromatosis.

1993 • 24 citations

Fine-structural characteristics of the liver of the cod (Gadus morhua macrocephalus), with special regard to the concept of a hepatoskeletal system formed by Ito cells

1986 • 23 citations

Human recombinant gamma-interferon stimulates proliferation and inhibits collagen and fibronectin production by human dental pulp fibroblasts.

1989 • 21 citations

Sarcomatoid carcinomas of the female genital tract (malignant mixed mullerian tumors).

1993 • 21 citations

The Role of Protein Domains in the Assembly Process of Intermediate Filaments

1992 • 19 citations

Acceleration of mammary cancer development by grafting of fetal mammary mesenchymes in C3H mice.

1979 • 18 citations

Phenotypic features of stromal cells in normal, premalignant and malignant conditions

1992 • 17 citations

Smooth muscle myosin regulation by serum and cell density in cultured rat lung connective tissue cells

1993 • 16 citations

Ultrastructure of dermal fibroblasts during development and aging: Relationship to in vitro senescence of dermal fibroblasts

1991 • 15 citations

Myofibroblasts in Human Palatal Mucosa

1988 • 12 citations

The Platelet Derived Growth Factor and Cell Proliferation

1979 • 11 citations

Beta-D-xyloside induced modulations of glycosaminoglycans, proliferation, and cytoskeletal organization of rat liver myofibroblast-like cells (transformed fat storing cells).

1991 • 11 citations

Cardiac myxoma with a cytokeratin-immunoreactive glandular component

1992 • 11 citations

Clonal interactions in fibroblast proliferation: Recognition of self vs. non‐self

1989 • 10 citations

Human lung-derived mature mast cells cultured alone or with mouse 3T3 fibroblasts maintain an ultrastructural phenotype different from that of human mast cells that develop from human cord blood cells cultured with 3T3 fibroblasts.

1991 • 9 citations

Organ‐Dependent Expression of Differentiated States in Fibroblasts Cultured in Vitro

1992 • 8 citations

Dupuytren??s Contracture

1959 • 8 citations

Microfilaments in Human Cementoblasts and Periodontal Fibroblasts

1987 • 8 citations

Myofibroblast-like cells in non-pathological bovine endometrial caruncle

1983 • 6 citations

Progesterone Potentiation of Bupivacaine Arrhythmogenicity in Pentobarbital-Anesthetized Rats and Beating Rat Heart Cell Cultures

1992 • 6 citations

Desmin expression in fibroblasts of murine periovular granuloma during liver Schistosoma mansoni infection

1991 • 6 citations

Morphological heterogeneity and phenotypical instability versus metastatic stability in the murine tumor model ER 15-P

1992 • 2 citations