The researchers identified a different type of fibroblast ... and we already knew there was a certain type of cancer-associated fibroblast that blocks the body's anti-tumor immune response.

Mammary gland fibroblasts are highly plastic and transition through distinct states during development and disease. A new ...

Researchers at Umeå University, Sweden, have discovered a previously unknown type of connective tissue cells that surround cancer cells in pancreatic tumors. The newly discovered cells counteract ...

One subtype of fibroblasts, cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs), play a pivotal role in promoting tumor occurrence, development, and metastasis, and in some cases, therapeutic resistance. CAFs arise ...

The study presented here demonstrates this impairment by successfully identifying a relationship between cancer-associated fibroblasts ... imaging of up to eight different markers.

Now, we may know why zombie skin cells have this double agent-esque existence. Not all senescent skin cells are the same.

Pancreatic cancer is one of the most aggressive ... mass and consists of a network of proteins and different non-tumor cells. Among these, fibroblasts play a key role, helping tumor cells to ...

Not all zombie skin cells are the same. New research reveals three unique subtypes with different roles in aging and disease, ...

Senescent skin cells, often referred to as zombie cells because they have outlived their usefulness without ever quite dying, ...

In cancer, one of the leading causes of death in the US, cells divide wildly out of control. Can tumor suppressor genes and proto-oncogenes provide clues on how to stop this process? Aa Aa Aa ...

Researchers at Umeå University, Sweden, have discovered a previously unknown type of connective tissue cells that surround ...