Publications

Bataller, R. and D. A. Brenner (2005). Liver fibrosis. J Clin Invest 115(2): 209-18.
Canbay, A., S. Friedman, et al. (2004). Apoptosis: the nexus of liver injury and fibrosis. Hepatology 39(2): 273-8.
Chesney, J., C. Metz, et al. (1998). Regulated production of type I collagen and inflammatory cytokines by peripheral blood fibrocytes. J Immunol 160(1): 419-25.
Cowper, S. E. and P. J. Boyer (2006). Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis: an update. Curr Rheumatol Rep 8(2): 151-7.
Friedman, S. L. (2003). Liver fibrosis -- from bench to bedside. J Hepatol 38 Suppl 1: S38-53.
Gaedeke, J., H. H. Neumayer, et al. (2006). Pharmacological management of renal fibrotic disease. Expert Opin Pharmacother 7(4): 377-86.
Garantziotis, S., M. P. Steele, et al. (2004). Pulmonary fibrosis: thinking outside of the lung. J Clin Invest 114(3): 319-21.
Garlanda, C., B. Bottazzi, et al. (2005). Pentraxins at the crossroads between innate immunity, inflammation, matrix deposition, and female fertility. Annu Rev Immunol 23: 337-66.
Gordon, S. (2003). Alternative activation of macrophages. Nat Rev Immunol 3(1): 23-35.
Gregory, C. D. and A. Devitt (2004). The macrophage and the apoptotic cell: an innate immune interaction viewed simplistically? Immunology 113(1): 1-14.
Kisseleva, T., H. Uchinami, et al. (2006). Bone marrow-derived fibrocytes participate in pathogenesis of liver fibrosis.
J Hepatol 45(3): 429-38.
Lama, V. N. and S. H. Phan (2006). The extrapulmonary origin of fibroblasts: stem/progenitor cells and beyond. Proc Am Thorac Soc 3(4): 373-6.
Lupher, M.L. and W.M. Galatin (2006). Regulation of Fibrosis by the Immune System. Adv Immunol 89: 245-88.
Mori, L., A. Bellini, et al. (2005). Fibrocytes contribute to the myofibroblast population in wounded skin and originate from the bone marrow. Exp Cell Res 304(1): 81-90.
Phillips, R. J., M. D. Burdick, et al. (2004). Circulating fibrocytes traffic to the lungs in response to CXCL12 and mediate fibrosis. J Clin Invest 114(3): 438-46.
Pilling, D., C. D. Buckley, et al. (2003). Inhibition of fibrocyte differentiation by serum amyloid P. J Immunol 171(10): 5537-46.
Pilling, D., N. M. Tucker, et al. (2006). Aggregated IgG inhibits the differentiation of human fibrocytes. J Leukoc Biol 79(6): 1242-51.
Tomasek, J. J., G. Gabbiani, et al. (2002). Myofibroblasts and mechano-regulation of connective tissue remodelling. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol3(5): 349-63.
Quan, T. E., S. E. Cowper, et al. (2006). The role of circulating fibrocytes in fibrosis. Curr Rheumatol Rep 8(2): 145-50.
Varcoe, R. L., M. Mikhail, et al. (2006). The role of the fibrocyte in intimal hyperplasia. J Thromb Haemost 4(5): 1125-33.
Wang, J. F., H. Jiao, et al. (2007). Fibrocytes from burn patients regulate the activities of fibroblasts. Wound Repair Regen 15(1): 113-21.

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