The increased deposition of connective tissue is a problem in chronic diseases of many organs such as the lungs (idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis), liver (cirrhosis), kidneys (kidney fibrosis), gut ...

Glomerular crescents are a major determinant of progression in various renal diseases. Some types of growth factors are known to be involved in the evolution of crescents and the subsequent scar ...

With improved resolution, tissue-specific molecular markers and precise timing, University of Oregon biologist James A. Weston and colleagues have possibly overturned a long-standing assumption about ...

With improved resolution, tissue-specific molecular markers and precise timing scientsists have possibly overturned a long-standing assumption about the origin of embryonic cells that give rise to ...

Earlier studies showed that guinea pig lung fibroblasts in cell culture could be "activated" by naturally occurring peptides with a resultant increase in glycolysis and glycosaminoglycan formation.

EMBRYONIC mouse mandibles contain a variety of epithelial and connective tissue elements. These include the stratified squamous epithelia of skin and gingiva and the dental epithelia of the developing ...

For more than a century, medical students have memorized the same map of the human body, confident that every major structure ...

A connective tissue protein known to support the framework of organs also encourages immune responses that fight bacterial infections, while restraining responses that can be deadly in the condition ...

Our body is held together with tissues that connect different structures of the body together. Tissues and muscles need to be aligned in a way that there is no discrepancy in the outcomes of activity ...

Jameela Jamil finally breaks silence on her rare connective tissue disorder, as well as the reaction of haters. The 36-year-old shared her thoughts in a three-minute video that has been shared to ...