The myofibroblast at a glance

Pathogenic Potential of Hic1-Expressing Cardiac Stromal Progenitors

(2020) Hesham Soliman et al.   Cell Stem Cell

Scars or Regeneration?—Dermal Fibroblasts as Drivers of Diverse Skin Wound Responses

(2020) Dongsheng Jiang et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Feeling Things Out: Bidirectional Signaling of the Cell–ECM Interface, Implications in the Mechanobiology of Cell Spreading, Migration, Proliferation, and Differentiation

(2020) Andrew E. Miller et al.   Advanced Healthcare Materials

Collagen-producing lung cell atlas identifies multiple subsets with distinct localization and relevance to fibrosis

(2020) Tatsuya Tsukui et al.   Nature Communications

Molecular imaging of fibrosis: recent advances and future directions

(2019) Sydney B. Montesi et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Cadherin-11–mediated adhesion of macrophages to myofibroblasts establishes a profibrotic niche of active TGF-β

(2019) Monika Lodyga et al.   Science Signaling

Single-cell analysis reveals fibroblast heterogeneity and myeloid-derived adipocyte progenitors in murine skin wounds

(2019) Christian F. Guerrero-Juarez et al.   Nature Communications

Specificity, versatility, and control of TGF-β family signaling

(2019) Rik Derynck et al.   Science Signaling

Emerging targets of disease-modifying therapy for systemic sclerosis

(2019) Elizabeth R. Volkmann et al.   Nature Reviews Rheumatology

The extracellular matrix as a multitasking player in disease

(2019) Achilleas D. Theocharis et al.   FEBS Journal

Mechanical regulation of myofibroblast phenoconversion and collagen contraction

(2019) Boris Hinz et al.   EXPERIMENTAL CELL RESEARCH

Defining the Activated Fibroblast Population in Lung Fibrosis Using Single Cell Sequencing

(2019) Rebecca Peyser et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

A Bioreactor Technology for Modeling Fibrosis in Human and Rodent Precision‐Cut Liver Slices

(2019) Hannah L. Paish et al.   HEPATOLOGY

Distinct fibroblast subsets drive inflammation and damage in arthritis

(2019) Adam P. Croft et al.   NATURE

Single Cell RNA Sequencing Identifies Subsets of Hepatic Stellate Cells and Myofibroblastsin Liver Fibrosis

(2019) Oliver Krenkel et al.   Cells

Resveratrol decreases TNFα-induced ICAM-1 expression and release by Sirt-1-independent mechanism in intestinal myofibroblasts

(2019) Vladana Domazetovic et al.   EXPERIMENTAL CELL RESEARCH

Identification of a pro-angiogenic functional role for FSP1-positive fibroblast subtype in wound healing

(2019) Sarika Saraswati et al.   Nature Communications

Dynamic fibroblast contractions attract remote macrophages in fibrillar collagen matrix

(2019) Pardis Pakshir et al.   Nature Communications

Single-cell analysis reveals fibroblast heterogeneity and myofibroblasts in systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease

(2019) Eleanor Valenzi et al.   ANNALS OF THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES

Exploring the extracellular matrix in health and disease using proteomics

(2019) Isra N. Taha et al.   Essays in Biochemistry

Macrophages and cadherins in fibrosis and systemic sclerosis

(2019) Sarah To et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN RHEUMATOLOGY

The myofibroblast, biological activities and roles in eye repair and fibrosis. A focus on healing mechanisms in avascular cornea

(2019) Maxime Rocher et al.   EYE

Fibrocytes and fibroblasts—Where are we now

(2019) Sy Giin Chong et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY & CELL BIOLOGY

Mechanically activated Piezo1 channels of cardiac fibroblasts stimulate p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase activity and interleukin-6 secretion

(2019) Nicola M. Blythe et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Control of cellular responses to mechanical cues through YAP/TAZ regulation

(2019) Ishani Dasgupta et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Resolving the fibrotic niche of human liver cirrhosis at single-cell level

(2019) P. Ramachandran et al.   NATURE

Shared and distinct mechanisms of fibrosis

(2019) Jörg H. W. Distler et al.   Nature Reviews Rheumatology

Selective YAP/TAZ inhibition in fibroblasts via dopamine receptor D1 agonism reverses fibrosis

(2019) Andrew J. Haak et al.   Science Translational Medicine

A Perspective on the Development of TGF-β Inhibitors for Cancer Treatment

(2019) Huynh et al.   Biomolecules

Hic1 Defines Quiescent Mesenchymal Progenitor Subpopulations with Distinct Functions and Fates in Skeletal Muscle Regeneration

(2019) R. Wilder Scott et al.   Cell Stem Cell

Senotherapeutics: Targeting senescence in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

(2019) Wolfgang Merkt et al.   SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

TGF-β1 – A truly transforming growth factor in fibrosis and immunity

(2019) Monika Lodyga et al.   SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Recapitulating human tissue damage, repair, and fibrosis with human pluripotent stem cell-derived organoids

(2019) Maria F. Sobral-Reyes et al.   STEM CELLS

The Hippo Pathway, YAP/TAZ, and the Plasma Membrane

(2019) Valentina Rausch et al.   TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

Engineered cell and tissue models of pulmonary fibrosis

(2018) Aswin Sundarakrishnan et al.   ADVANCED DRUG DELIVERY REVIEWS

The Rho Kinase Isoforms ROCK1 and ROCK2 Each Contribute to the Development of Experimental Pulmonary Fibrosis

(2018) Rachel S. Knipe et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Pirfenidone prevents radiation-induced intestinal fibrosis in rats by inhibiting fibroblast proliferation and differentiation and suppressing the TGF-β1/Smad/CTGF signaling pathway

(2018) Yan-Wu Sun et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY

The role of TRPV4 in fibrosis

(2018) Lei Zhan et al.   GENE

TGF-β Inhibition and Immunotherapy: Checkmate

(2018) Karuna Ganesh et al.   IMMUNITY

Signaling Crosstalk of TGF-β/ALK5 and PAR2/PAR1: A Complex Regulatory Network Controlling Fibrosis and Cancer

(2018) Hendrik Ungefroren et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Microvesicles: Intercellular messengers in cutaneous wound healing

(2018) Alexandra Laberge et al.   JOURNAL OF CELLULAR PHYSIOLOGY

Extracellular matrix as a driver of progressive fibrosis

(2018) Jeremy Herrera et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Mechanosensing and fibrosis

(2018) Daniel J. Tschumperlin et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

The fibrotic tumor stroma

(2018) Mitsuo Yamauchi et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Fibroblast heterogeneity: implications for human disease

(2018) Magnus D. Lynch et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Resolution of organ fibrosis

(2018) Joon-Il Jun et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

The perivascular origin of pathological fibroblasts

(2018) Selene E. Di Carlo et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

SFRP2/DPP4 and FMO1/LSP1 Define Major Fibroblast Populations in Human Skin

(2018) Tracy Tabib et al.   JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY

Spatial and Single-Cell Transcriptional Profiling Identifies Functionally Distinct Human Dermal Fibroblast Subpopulations

(2018) Christina Philippeos et al.   JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY

Extracellular matrix in lung development, homeostasis and disease

(2018) Yong Zhou et al.   MATRIX BIOLOGY

Exosomes and exosomal miRNAs from muscle-derived fibroblasts promote skeletal muscle fibrosis

(2018) Simona Zanotti et al.   MATRIX BIOLOGY

Therapeutic approaches to control tissue repair and fibrosis: Extracellular matrix as a game changer

(2018) Mariëlle Walraven et al.   MATRIX BIOLOGY

BH3 mimetics as anti-fibrotic therapy: Unleashing the mitochondrial pathway of apoptosis in myofibroblasts

(2018) Tobias Kuehl et al.   MATRIX BIOLOGY

Emerging insights into the role of matrix metalloproteases as therapeutic targets in fibrosis

(2018) Nikolaos A. Afratis et al.   MATRIX BIOLOGY

The WNT signaling pathways in wound healing and fibrosis

(2018) Olivier Burgy et al.   MATRIX BIOLOGY

Anti-fibrotic treatments: A review of clinical evidence

(2018) Marco Allinovi et al.   MATRIX BIOLOGY

Liver fibrosis: Direct antifibrotic agents and targeted therapies

(2018) Detlef Schuppan et al.   MATRIX BIOLOGY

The big five in fibrosis: Macrophages, myofibroblasts, matrix, mechanics, and miscommunication

(2018) Pardis Pakshir et al.   MATRIX BIOLOGY

Contextual determinants of TGFβ action in development, immunity and cancer

(2018) Charles J. David et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Quantitative assessment of intestinal stiffness and associations with fibrosis in human inflammatory bowel disease

(2018) Daniel C. Stewart et al.   PLoS One

Single-cell transcriptomics of the mouse kidney reveals potential cellular targets of kidney disease

(2018) Jihwan Park et al.   SCIENCE

Fibrotic microtissue array to predict anti-fibrosis drug efficacy

(2018) Mohammadnabi Asmani et al.   Nature Communications

FOXF1 Inhibits Pulmonary Fibrosis by Preventing CDH2-CDH11 Cadherin Switch in Myofibroblasts

(2018) Markaisa Black et al.   Cell Reports

Single-Cell Transcriptional Profiling Reveals Cellular Diversity and Intercommunication in the Mouse Heart

(2018) Daniel A. Skelly et al.   Cell Reports

Single-Cell Deconvolution of Fibroblast Heterogeneity in Mouse Pulmonary Fibrosis

(2018) Ting Xie et al.   Cell Reports

Matrix Stiffness: the Conductor of Organ Fibrosis

(2018) Alba Santos et al.   Current Rheumatology Reports

Double-blind, Randomized, 8-week Placebo-controlled followed by a 16-week open label extension study, with the LPA1 receptor antagonist SAR100842 for Patients With Diffuse Cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis

(2018) Yannick Allanore et al.   Arthritis & Rheumatology

Mechanical Forces in Cutaneous Wound Healing: Emerging Therapies to Minimize Scar Formation

(2018) Leandra A. Barnes et al.   Advances in Wound Care

Cardiac fibrosis: Cell biological mechanisms, molecular pathways and therapeutic opportunities

(2018) Nikolaos G. Frangogiannis   MOLECULAR ASPECTS OF MEDICINE

Pdgfra marks a cellular lineage with distinct contributions to myofibroblasts in lung maturation and injury response

(2018) Rongbo Li et al.   eLife

Single-Cell Transcriptomic Analysis of Human Lung Provides Insights into the Pathobiology of Pulmonary Fibrosis

(2018) Paul A Reyfman et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Therapeutic targets and early stage clinical trials for pulmonary fibrosis

(2018) Seidai Sato et al.   EXPERT OPINION ON INVESTIGATIONAL DRUGS

YAP/TAZ Signaling as a Molecular Link between Fibrosis and Cancer

(2018) Satoshi Noguchi et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Integrin activation by talin, kindlin and mechanical forces

(2018) Zhiqi Sun et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Mechanisms for the Resolution of Organ Fibrosis

(2018) Jeffrey C. Horowitz et al.   PHYSIOLOGY

Spatially and functionally distinct subclasses of breast cancer-associated fibroblasts revealed by single cell RNA sequencing

(2018) Michael Bartoschek et al.   Nature Communications

Mediated nuclear import and export of TAZ and the underlying molecular requirements

(2018) Michael Kofler et al.   Nature Communications

A subtype of cancer-associated fibroblasts with lower expression of alpha-smooth muscle actin suppresses stemness through BMP4 in oral carcinoma

(2018) Ankit Kumar Patel et al.   Oncogenesis

Pharmacological Inhibition of Toll-Like Receptor-4 Signaling by TAK242 Prevents and Induces Regression of Experimental Organ Fibrosis

(2018) Swati Bhattacharyya et al.   Frontiers in Immunology

Focal adhesions: a personal perspective on a half century of progress

(2017) Keith Burridge   FEBS Journal

Cancer-associated fibroblasts promote directional cancer cell migration by aligning fibronectin

(2017) Begum Erdogan et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

TRPV4 mediates the Ca2+influx required for the interaction between flightless-1 and non-muscle myosin, and collagen remodeling

(2017) Pamma D. Arora et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Fibroblast-specific inhibition of TGF-β1 signaling attenuates lung and tumor fibrosis

(2017) Ying Wei et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Pomalidomide in Patients with Interstitial Lung Disease due to Systemic Sclerosis: A Phase II, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Parallel-group Study

(2017) Vivien M. Hsu et al.   JOURNAL OF RHEUMATOLOGY

Lysophosphatidic acid signaling through its receptor initiates profibrotic epithelial cell fibroblast communication mediated by epithelial cell derived connective tissue growth factor

(2017) Norihiko Sakai et al.   KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL

Injury and defective regeneration of the epithelial basement membrane in corneal fibrosis: A paradigm for fibrosis in other organs?

(2017) Steven E. Wilson et al.   MATRIX BIOLOGY

Matrix biomechanics and dynamics in pulmonary fibrosis

(2017) Andrew J. Haak et al.   MATRIX BIOLOGY

Force interacts with macromolecular structure in activation of TGF-β

(2017) Xianchi Dong et al.   NATURE

A mechanically active heterotypic E-cadherin/N-cadherin adhesion enables fibroblasts to drive cancer cell invasion

(2017) Anna Labernadie et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Redefining the identity of cardiac fibroblasts

(2017) Michelle D. Tallquist et al.   Nature Reviews Cardiology

TGF-β1 Signaling and Tissue Fibrosis

(2017) Kevin K. Kim et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Targeting TGF-β Signaling for Therapeutic Gain

(2017) Rosemary J. Akhurst   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Safety, Tolerability, and Preliminary Efficacy of the Anti-Fibrotic Small Molecule PRI-724, a CBP/β-Catenin Inhibitor, in Patients with Hepatitis C Virus-related Cirrhosis: A Single-Center, Open-Label, Dose Escalation Phase 1 Trial

(2017) Kiminori Kimura et al.   EBioMedicine

Making microenvironments: A look into incorporating macromolecular crowding into in vitro experiments, to generate biomimetic microenvironments which are capable of directing cell function for tissue engineering applications

(2017) Paula Benny et al.   Journal of Tissue Engineering

Does Breathing Amplify Fibrosis?

(2016) Boris Hinz et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Plasticity of Cell Migration In Vivo and In Silico

(2016) Veronika te Boekhorst et al.   Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Molecular Endotyping of Pulmonary Fibrosis

(2016) Amanda T. Goodwin et al.   CHEST

The characteristics of activated portal fibroblasts/myofibroblasts in liver fibrosis

(2016) Daniel Karin et al.   DIFFERENTIATION

Myofibroblasts

(2016) Boris Hinz   EXPERIMENTAL EYE RESEARCH

Hic-5 is required for myofibroblast differentiation by regulating mechanically dependent MRTF-A nuclear accumulation

(2016) Scott D. Varney et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

The inner workings of stress fibers − from contractile machinery to focal adhesions and back

(2016) Ariel Livne et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

MicroRNA-21 preserves the fibrotic mechanical memory of mesenchymal stem cells

(2016) Chen Xi Li et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Signaling Receptors for TGF-β Family Members

(2016) Carl-Henrik Heldin et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

The Discovery and Early Days of TGF-β: A Historical Perspective

(2016) Harold L. Moses et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Regulation of TGF-β Family Signaling by Inhibitory Smads

(2016) Keiji Miyazawa et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Context-dependent switch in chemo/mechanotransduction via multilevel crosstalk among cytoskeleton-regulated MRTF and TAZ and TGFβ-regulated Smad3

(2016) Pam Speight et al.   Nature Communications

Murine junctional adhesion molecules JAM-B and JAM-C mediate endothelial and stellate cell interactions during hepatic fibrosis

(2016) Edith Hintermann et al.   Cell Adhesion & Migration

Novel TGF-β inhibitors ready for prime time in onco-immunology

(2016) Armand de Gramont et al.   OncoImmunology

The role of myofibroblasts in wound healing

(2016) B. Hinz   Current Research in Translational Medicine

How Tissue Mechanical Properties Affect Enteric Neural Crest Cell Migration

(2016) N.R. Chevalier et al.   Scientific Reports

Calcium Homeostasis and Ionic Mechanisms in Pulmonary Fibroblasts

(2015) Luke J. Janssen et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Traction force microscopy on soft elastic substrates: A guide to recent computational advances

(2015) Ulrich S. Schwarz et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH

PDGFRα signaling drives adipose tissue fibrosis by targeting progenitor cell plasticity

(2015) Tomoaki Iwayama et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Portal myofibroblasts promote vascular remodeling underlying cirrhosis formation through the release of microparticles

(2015) Sara Lemoinne et al.   HEPATOLOGY

Tumor Necrosis Factor-Alpha Up-Regulates ICAM-1 Expression and Release in Intestinal Myofibroblasts by Redox-Dependent and -Independent Mechanisms

(2015) Filippo Fontani et al.   JOURNAL OF CELLULAR BIOCHEMISTRY

Time- and compartment-resolved proteome profiling of the extracellular niche in lung injury and repair

(2015) H. B. Schiller et al.   Molecular Systems Biology

Fractal heterogeneity in minimal matrix models of scars modulates stiff-niche stem-cell responses via nuclear exit of a mechanorepressor

(2015) P. C. Dave P. Dingal et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

The α v β 1 integrin plays a critical in vivo role in tissue fibrosis

(2015) Nilgun I. Reed et al.   Science Translational Medicine

Innate and Adaptive Immune Functions of Peyer’s Patch Monocyte-Derived Cells

(2015) Johnny Bonnardel et al.   Cell Reports

The Fibrotic Scar in Neurological Disorders

(2014) Francisco Fernández-Klett et al.   BRAIN PATHOLOGY

Integrins αvβ5 and αvβ3 promote latent TGF-β1 activation by human cardiac fibroblast contraction

(2014) Vincent Sarrazy et al.   CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH

An Essential Role for Senescent Cells in Optimal Wound Healing through Secretion of PDGF-AA

(2014) Marco Demaria et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Prestress in the extracellular matrix sensitizes latent TGF-β1 for activation

(2014) Franco Klingberg et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Fibrotic extracellular matrix activates a profibrotic positive feedback loop

(2014) Matthew W. Parker et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

The Nano-Scale Mechanical Properties of the Extracellular Matrix Regulate Dermal Fibroblast Function

(2014) Volker F. Achterberg et al.   JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY

Acute slowing of cardiac conduction in response to myofibroblast coupling to cardiomyocytes through N-cadherin

(2014) Susan A. Thompson et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR CARDIOLOGY

Mechanical memory and dosing influence stem cell fate

(2014) Chun Yang et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

A Phase 3 Trial of Pirfenidone in Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

(2014) Talmadge E. King et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Efficacy and Safety of Nintedanib in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

(2014) Luca Richeldi et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Intercellular interactions between mast cells and fibroblasts promote pro-inflammatory signaling

(2013) R. Termei et al.   EXPERIMENTAL CELL RESEARCH

Mesenchymal stem cell mechanobiology and emerging experimental platforms

(2013) L. MacQueen et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Targeting of αv integrin identifies a core molecular pathway that regulates fibrosis in several organs

(2013) Neil C Henderson et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

Therapy for Fibrotic Diseases: Nearing the Starting Line

(2013) S. L. Friedman et al.   Science Translational Medicine

Expression and function of the atypical cadherin FAT1 in chronic liver disease

(2012) Daniela Valletta et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

The mechanical memory of lung myofibroblasts

(2012) Jenna L. Balestrini et al.   Integrative Biology

The myofibroblast matrix: implications for tissue repair and fibrosis

(2012) Franco Klingberg et al.   JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY

Myofibroblasts revert to an inactive phenotype during regression of liver fibrosis

(2012) T. Kisseleva et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Single-Molecule Mechanics of the Latent TGF-β1 Complex

(2011) Lara Buscemi et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Scar wars: mapping the fate of epithelial–mesenchymal–myofibroblast transition

(2011) Susan E. Quaggin et al.   KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL

Biophysical properties of normal and diseased renal glomeruli

(2010) Hans M. Wyss et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Cell Motility and Mechanics in Three-Dimensional Collagen Matrices

(2010) Frederick Grinnell et al.   Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

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

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

Prostaglandin E2 inhibits migration of colonic lamina propria fibroblasts

(2010) Florian Rieder et al.   INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES

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

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

Resolved: EMT Produces Fibroblasts in the Kidney

(2010) M. Zeisberg et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY

Transforming growth factor β as a therapeutic target in systemic sclerosis

(2009) John Varga et al.   Nature Reviews Rheumatology

Fibrogenic fibroblasts increase intercellular adhesion strength by reinforcing individual OB-cadherin bonds

(2008) P. Pittet et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Myofibroblast communication is controlled by intercellular mechanical coupling

(2008) L. Follonier et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE