Human bronchial epithelial cells can contract type I collagen gels

A serum-free method for culturing normal human bronchial epithelial cells at clonal density

1985 • 344 citations

β1 Integrin-mediated collagen gel contraction is stimulated by PDGF

1990 • 266 citations

Regulation of fibroblast proliferation in three-dimensional collagen gel matrix

1996 • 121 citations

Transforming Growth Factor-β Regulates Collagen Gel Contraction by Increasing α2β1 Integrin Expression in Osteogenic Cells

1995 • 115 citations

A Technique to Harvest Viable Tracheobronchial Epithelial Cells from Living Human Donors

1992 • 93 citations

Quantitative Evaluation of the Factors Affecting the Process of Fibroblast-Mediated Collagen Gel Contraction by Separating the Process into Three Phases

1988 • 86 citations

The Role of Basal Cells in Adhesion of Columnar Epithelium to Airway Basement Membrane

1988 • 82 citations

Collagen gel contraction by fibroblasts requires cellular fibronectin but not plasma fibronectin

1991 • 78 citations

The Effects of Epithelial Cell Supernatant on Contractions of Isolated Canine Tracheal Smooth Muscle

1988 • 71 citations

The interaction of human papillary and reticular fibroblasts and human keratinocytes in the contraction of three-dimensional floating collagen lattices

1989 • 60 citations

Migration of Bovine Bronchial Epithelial Cells to Extracellular Matrix Components

1993 • 57 citations

Collagen gel contraction induced by retinal pigment epithelial cells and choroidal fibroblasts involves the protein kinase C pathway

1994 • 49 citations

Collagen synthesis and deposition during mammary epithelial cell spreading on collagen gels

1986 • 22 citations

Extracellular Matrix and Bronchial Epithelial Cell Migration

1992 • 7 citations