Quantitative analysis of collagen gel contractile forces generated by dermal fibroblasts and the relationship to cell morphology

Production of a tissue-like structure by contraction of collagen lattices by human fibroblasts of different proliferative potential in vitro.

1979 • 2,025 citations

Fibroblasts, myofibroblasts, and wound contraction

1994 • 1,150 citations

Fibroblast traction as a mechanism for collagen morphogenesis

1981 • 862 citations

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1972 • 802 citations

Connective tissue morphogenesis by fibroblast traction

1982 • 586 citations

Wound Healing: Biochemical and Clinical Aspects

1993 • 535 citations

Isometric contraction by fibroblasts and endothelial cells in tissue culture: a quantitative study

1992 • 456 citations

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

1978 • 328 citations

Studies on the mechanism of hydrated collagen gel reorganization by human skin fibroblasts

1985 • 278 citations

Cell locomotion forces versus cell contraction forces for collagen lattice contraction: An in vitro model of wound contraction

1990 • 266 citations

Reorganization of hydrated collagen lattices by human skin fibroblasts

1984 • 264 citations

Fibroblast contraction occurs on release of tension in attached collagen lattices: Dependency on an organized actin cytoskeleton and serum

1992 • 249 citations

Differential expression of metalloproteinase and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase genes in aged human fibroblasts

1992 • 235 citations

Measurement of Mechanical Forces Generated by Skin Fibroblasts Embedded in a Three-Dimensional Collagen Gel

1991 • 227 citations

Pretranslational regulation of extracellular matrix macromolecules and collagenase expression in fibroblasts by mechanical forces.

1992 • 204 citations

A culture force monitor for measurement of contraction forces generated in human dermal fibroblast cultures: evidence for cell-matrix mechanical signalling

1994 • 197 citations

Analysis of the role of microfilaments and microtubules in acquisition of bipolarity and elongation of fibroblasts in hydrated collagen gels.

1984 • 177 citations

Activation and suppression of fibroblast function

1994 • 174 citations

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

1992 • 153 citations

Continuum model of fibroblast-driven wound contraction: Inflammation-mediation

1992 • 138 citations

Fibroblasts from wounds of different stages of repair vary in their ability to contract a collagen gel in response to growth factors

1990 • 114 citations

Animal Cell Biotechnology

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Growth Rate of Human Fibroblasts is Repressed by the Culture within Reconstituted Collagen Matrix but not by the Culture on the Matrix

1989 • 75 citations

Anchorage-independent colony growth of pulmonary fibroblasts derived from fibrotic human lung tissue.

1994 • 68 citations

Novel Method for Stereo Imaging in Light Microscopy at High Magnifications

1993 • 31 citations

Dupuytren's disease: Comparative growth dynamics and morphology between cultured myofibroblasts (nodule) and fibroblasts (cord)

1984 • 28 citations