Full Description
This volume provides a comprehensive and multidisciplinary overview of fibrocytes, written by the main researchers in the field. It is aimed at a broad audience of scientists and clinicians with an interest in the role of circulating fibrocytes in the etiopathogenesis of different fibrosing disorders, atherosclerosis, autoimmunity, and cancer.
Contents
Introduction (R Bucala); Fibrocytes and Collagen Producing Cells of the Peripheral Blood (D Pilling); Regulatory Pathways of Fibrocyte Development (R Gomer); Immunoregulatory Pathways for Fibrocyte Differentiation (M Macka); Fibrocyte Differentiation Pathways (R M Strieter); Role of Fibrocytes in Wound Repair (E E Tredget); Fibrocytes in Asthma (S Mattoli); Fibrocytes in the Interstitial Lung Diseases (R M Strieter); Circulating Fibrocytes and Progression in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (M R J Kolb); Fibrocytes in Scleroderma Lung Disease (E Herzog); Fibrocytes in Ischemic Cardiomyopathy (M L Entman); Fibrocytes in Renal Injury (T Wada); Fibrocytes in Hepatic Injury (D Brenner); Activated Fibrocytes in Rheumatoid Arthritis (E N Fish); Hematopoietic Origin of Skin Fibrocytes (M Abedi); Challenges in the Design of Therapies for Fibrosing Disorders (T L Born); Targeting Fibrocytes and Fibrogenic Pathways with Serum Amyloid P (M L Lupher).
