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Identifying mechanisms driving formation of granuloma-associated fibrosis during Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection

Hayley Warsinske, Robert M. DiFazio, Jennifer J. Linderman, JoAnne L. Flynn, Denise E. Kirschner

Journal of Theoretical Biology · 2017 · 57 citations · 63 references

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Transforming growth factor-beta 1 induces alpha-smooth muscle actin expression in granulation tissue myofibroblasts and in quiescent and growing cultured fibroblasts

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Transforming growth factor beta 1 is present at sites of extracellular matrix gene expression in human pulmonary fibrosis.

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Myofibroblast Differentiation by Transforming Growth Factor-1 Is Dependent on Cell Adhesion and Integrin Signaling via Focal Adhesion Kinase

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Sterilization of granulomas is common in active and latent tuberculosis despite within-host variability in bacterial killing

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Matrix Stiffness–Induced Myofibroblast Differentiation Is Mediated by Intrinsic Mechanotransduction

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