Normal Human Primary Fibroblasts Undergo Apoptosis in Three-Dimensional Contractile Collagen Gels
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Normal human primary fibroblasts undergo apoptosis in three-dimensional contractile collagen gels.
Apoptosis of primary fibroblasts was observed in vivo during wound healing in skin and is expected to occur in other organs as well; however, the environmental signal for induction of apoptosis in fibroblasts and the putative influence of cell-matrix interactions on the regulation of apoptosis remain to be identified. Here we provide evidence for the role of fibrillar collagen in this process, ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Investigative Dermatology
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0022-202X
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.1998.00095.x