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fibroblast
a predominant cell type in connective tissue
Source: Jenkins, John B. 1990. Human Genetics, 2nd Edition. New York: Harper & Row ...
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Fibroblast
[L. fibrilla - a fibre, filament]. A cell found in ordinary connective tissue that produces fibres.
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A type of cell found just underneath the surface of the skin. Fibroblasts are part of the support structure for tissues and organs.
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fibroblast A term applied to a cell of connective tissue that is separated from similar cells by some degree of matrix material; fibroblasts secrete elastin and collagen protein fibers. PICTURE ...
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fibroblast
(fy-broh-blast)
A type of cell in loose connective tissue that secretes the protein ingredients of the extracellular fibers.
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Sheep fibroblasts (connective tissue cells) growing in tissue culture were treated with a vector that contained these segments of DNA: ...
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fibroblast A cell of connective tissue that secretes connective tissue proteins such as collagen. fibrous proteins Water-insoluble proteins that serve in a protective or structural role. The ratio of length to width generally exceeds 10.
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Proteolytic migration is achieved by slow-moving cells, such as fibroblasts and mesenchymally moving tumour cells, by engaging matrix metalloproteinases, ...
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Using primarily the human BAC library constructed from fibroblasts, we have assembled a physical contig map of chromosome 22 [1].
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Epigenetic inheritance occurs in the development of multicellular organisms: dividing fibroblasts for instance give rise to new fibroblasts (rather than some other cell type) even though their genome is identical to that of all other cells.
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Wnt (Wodarz and Nusse 1998)
fibroblast growth factor (Szebenyi and Fallon 1999)
TGF-_ superfamily (Massague and Chen 2000)
platelet-derived growth factor (Betsholtz et al.2001)
ephrin Bruckner and Klein 1998)
Hedgehog ...
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Type III collagen - This is the collagen of granulation tissue , and is produced quickly by young fibroblasts before the tougher type I collagen is synthesised.
Type IV collagen - Basal lamina
Type V collagen - most interstitial tissue, assoc.
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Total RNA was extracted from fibroblasts and reverse transcribed. The cDNA was amplfied by PCR using the primers indicated by the arrows.
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Somatic cells such as fibroblasts, ovarian cells, muscle cells, and mammary epithelia are grown in cell culture and by genetically modified fusion with the enucleated egg. Commonly, DNA is transferred to the cells using viruses.
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