Matrix Stiffness Corresponding to Strictured Bowel Induces a Fibrogenic Response in Human Colonic Fibroblasts

Matrix Stiffness–Induced Myofibroblast Differentiation Is Mediated by Intrinsic Mechanotransduction

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Biochemistry of smooth muscle myosin light chain kinase

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Intestinal fibrosis is reduced by early elimination of inflammation in a mouse model of IBD: Impact of a “Top-Down” approach to intestinal fibrosis in mice

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Trends in Surgery for Crohnʼs Disease in the Era of Infliximab

(2010) Douglas W. Jones et al.   ANNALS OF SURGERY

Regulation of myofibroblast activities: Calcium pulls some strings behind the scene

(2010) Lysianne Follonier Castella et al.   EXPERIMENTAL CELL RESEARCH

Feedback amplification of fibrosis through matrix stiffening and COX-2 suppression

(2010) Fei Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

A new lock-step mechanism of matrix remodelling based on subcellular contractile events

(2010) L. F. Castella et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Linking actin dynamics and gene transcription to drive cellular motile functions

(2010) Eric N. Olson et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Corneal myofibroblast viability: Opposing effects of IL-1 and TGF β1

(2009) Harmeet Kaur et al.   EXPERIMENTAL EYE RESEARCH

The myofibroblast: Paradigm for a mechanically active cell

(2009) Boris Hinz   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

Non-muscle myosin II takes centre stage in cell adhesion and migration

(2009) Miguel Vicente-Manzanares et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Tissue stiffness, latent TGF-β1 Activation, and mechanical signal transduction: Implications for the pathogenesis and treatment of fibrosis

(2009) Boris Hinz   Current Rheumatology Reports

The role of matrix stiffness in regulating cell behavior

(2008) Rebecca G. Wells   HEPATOLOGY

Noninvasive Ultrasound Elasticity Imaging (UEI) of Crohn's Disease: Animal Model

(2008) Kang Kim et al.   ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY