2009
Gadolinium‐containing magnetic resonance image contrast agent promotes fibrocyte differentiation
Vakil V, Sung JJ, Piecychna M, Crawford JR, Kuo P, Abu‐Alfa A, Cowper SE, Bucala R, Gomer RH. Gadolinium‐containing magnetic resonance image contrast agent promotes fibrocyte differentiation. Journal Of Magnetic Resonance Imaging 2009, 30: 1284-1288. PMID: 19937928, PMCID: PMC2787835, DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21800.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeripheral blood mononuclear cellsNephrogenic systemic fibrosisSerum amyloid PFibrocyte differentiationDifferentiation of monocytesNSF patientsBlood mononuclear cellsHemodialysis patientsInterleukin-12Mononuclear cellsPurified monocytesFibroblast-like cellsFibrotic lesionsHealthy controlsSystemic fibrosisAmyloid PContrast agentsPatientsMonocytesDifferentiation inhibitorWiley-LissFibrocytesOmniscanDifferentiation protocolsCells
2006
The role of circulating fibrocytes in fibrosis
Quan TE, Cowper SE, Bucala R. The role of circulating fibrocytes in fibrosis. Current Rheumatology Reports 2006, 8: 145-150. PMID: 16569374, DOI: 10.1007/s11926-006-0055-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPulmonary fibrosisFunctions of fibrocytesAreas of inflammationSerum amyloid PTissue repair responseFibrocyte traffickingInflammatory cytokinesPeripheral bloodMalignant potentialFibrotic lesionsStromal responseIL-1Skin lesionsPathologic fibrosisNew therapiesAmyloid PHypertrophic scarsTissue damageMatrix metalloproteinasesFibrosisRemodeling responseTumor invasionFibrocytesContractile myofibroblastsExperimental model