BACKGROUND: Recent studies have highlighted the deleterious role of high phosphate intake in hypertension by means of ...

A fibroblast is a type of cell that is responsible for making the extracellular matrix and collagen. Together, this extracellular matrix and collagen form the structural framework of tissues in ...

Plasma fibroblast therapy is an aesthetic procedure that may help tighten and improve the appearance of the skin. A therapist uses a pen-like device to cause minor damage to the skin, which ...

Helmholtz Munich researchers revealed a conserved differentiation process with clinical implications for injury repair, identifying a multipotent fibroblast progenitor in the fascia— the deepest ...

FAP is a transmembrane protein expressed on both cancer-associated fibroblasts and on normal activated fibroblasts involved in wound healing and tissue repair. FAP has long been a target for ...

Mutations in fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF-23) cause autosomal dominant hypophosphatemic rickets. Clinical and laboratory findings in this disorder are similar to those in oncogenic ...

Mestag Therapeutics has been working to change how fibroblasts are activated and how they expand. Now, Merck & Co. wants in—penning a $1.9 billion biobucks deal to collaborate on new therapies ...

Challenging the long-standing belief that fibroblasts produce skin collagen, researchers have investigated collagen formation in the 'glass-skinned' amphibian axolotl and other vertebrates.

Plasma fibroblast therapy, also called plasma skin resurfacing, is a skin treatment designed to improve the look of your skin by increasing the number of fibroblasts, the collagen- and protein ...

The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) and the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) have issued a new procedure standard/practice guideline for the use of ...