Christine Chaponnier

Alpha-Smooth Muscle Actin Expression Upregulates Fibroblast Contractile Activity

Boris Hinz, Giuseppe Celetta, James J. Tomasek et al. · Molecular Biology of the Cell · 2001 · 1.3K citations

Mechanical Tension Controls Granulation Tissue Contractile Activity and Myofibroblast Differentiation

Boris Hinz, Dominique Mastrangelo, Christophe Iselin et al. · American Journal Of Pathology · 2001 · 627 citations · Full text

Mechanobiology, Soft Tissue Injury, Myofibroblast Differentiation +11

Vascular smooth muscle cells differ from other smooth muscle cells: predominance of vimentin filaments and a specific alpha-type actin.

Giulio Gabbiani, E Schmid, Stefanie Winter et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1981 · 483 citations · Full text

Mechanobiology, Cardiac Muscle, Muscle Function +15

Cytoplasmic filaments and gap junctions in epithelial cells and myofibroblasts during wound healing.

G Gabbiani, Christine Chaponnier, I Hüttner · The Journal of Cell Biology · 1978 · 323 citations · Full text

Engineering, Cell Adhesion, Cytoskeleton +17

Focal adhesion features during myofibroblastic differentiation are controlled by intracellular and extracellular factors

Vera B. Dugina, Lionel Fontao, Christine Chaponnier et al. · Journal of Cell Science · 2001 · 315 citations · Full text

Extracellular Factors, Cell Adhesion, Pathology +20