Myofibroblast Overview

A Myofibroblast is a cell that is in between a fibroblast and a smooth muscle cell in differentiation. There are many possible ways of myofibroblast development: #Partial smooth muscle differentiation of a fibroblastic cell #Activation of a stellate cell . #Loss of contractile phenotype of a smooth muscle cell. #Direct myofibroblastic differentiation of a progenitor cell resident in a stromal tissue. #Homing and recruitment of a circulating mesenchymal precursor which...