Impaired Endothelium-Mesenchymal Stem Cells Cross-talk in Systemic Sclerosis: a Link Between Vascular and Fibrotic Features

Mesenchymal stem cells induce endothelial cell quiescence and promote capillary formation

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Phenotypical Differences in Connective Tissue Cells Emerging from Microvascular Pericytes in Response to Overexpression of PDGF-B and TGF-β1 in Normal Skin in Vivo

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Scleroderma Mesenchymal Stem Cells display a different phenotype from healthy controls; implications for regenerative medicine

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Increased plasma levels of the VEGF165b splice variant are associated with the severity of nailfold capillary loss in systemic sclerosis

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Scleroderma pathogenesis: a pivotal role for fibroblasts as effector cells

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Stem cells in autoimmune diseases: Implications for pathogenesis and future trends in therapy

(2012) Paola Cipriani et al.   AUTOIMMUNITY REVIEWS

Microvascular remodeling and wound healing: A role for pericytes

(2012) Brian M. Dulmovits et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY & CELL BIOLOGY

Lineage tracing and genetic ablation of ADAM12+ perivascular cells identify a major source of profibrotic cells during acute tissue injury

(2012) Sophie Dulauroy et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

Do Anti-Angiogenic VEGF (VEGFxxxb) Isoforms Exist? A Cautionary Tale

(2012) Sheila Harris et al.   PLoS One

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

Targeting Endothelium-Pericyte Cross Talk by Inhibiting VEGF Receptor Signaling Attenuates Kidney Microvascular Rarefaction and Fibrosis

(2011) Shuei-Liong Lin et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY

Molecular mechanisms and clinical applications of angiogenesis

(2011) Peter Carmeliet et al.   NATURE

A Pericyte Origin of Spinal Cord Scar Tissue

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Inflammatory Bowel Disease-Associated Interleukin-33 Is Preferentially Expressed in Ulceration-Associated Myofibroblasts

(2010) Jon Sponheim et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY

Mutations in Fibrillin-1 Cause Congenital Scleroderma: Stiff Skin Syndrome

(2010) B. L. Loeys et al.   Science Translational Medicine

Regulation of Mesenchymal Stem Cell Activity by Endothelial Cells

(2010) Fatima A. Saleh et al.   STEM CELLS AND DEVELOPMENT

Fate Tracing Reveals the Pericyte and Not Epithelial Origin of Myofibroblasts in Kidney Fibrosis

(2009) Benjamin D. Humphreys et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY

What are the new milestones in the pathogenesis of systemic sclerosis?

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NOTCH3 Expression Is Induced in Mural Cells Through an Autoregulatory Loop That Requires Endothelial-Expressed JAGGED1

(2009) Hua Liu et al.   CIRCULATION RESEARCH

Scleroderma

(2009) Armando Gabrielli et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Mural Cell Associated VEGF Is Required for Organotypic Vessel Formation

(2009) Lasse Evensen et al.   PLoS One

Bone marrow Derived Pluripotent Cells are Pericytes which Contribute to Vascularization

(2009) Xiaoxiao Cai et al.   Stem Cell Reviews and Reports

TGF-β signaling in vascular biology and dysfunction

(2008) Marie-José Goumans et al.   CELL RESEARCH

A role for VEGF as a negative regulator of pericyte function and vessel maturation

(2008) Joshua I. Greenberg et al.   NATURE

Differential gene expression in a coculture model of angiogenesis reveals modulation of select pathways and a role for Notch signaling

(2008) Brenda Lilly et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL GENOMICS