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Comment
. 2018 Apr;138(4):729-730.
doi: 10.1016/j.jid.2017.10.012.

A Fibroblast Is Not a Fibroblast Is Not a Fibroblast

Michael S Hu  1 , Alessandra L Moore  1 , Michael T Longaker  2
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A Fibroblast Is Not a Fibroblast Is Not a Fibroblast

Michael S Hu et al. J Invest Dermatol. 2018 Apr.

Abstract

Fibrosis after injury is a huge public health concern, leading to morbidity, mortality, and expenditure of billions of health care dollars. Recent mouse studies have shown that dermal fibroblasts are heterogeneous. New research using single-cell RNA sequencing to identify major fibroblast populations in humans is paving the way to a better understanding of fibroblast heterogeneity and fibrosis.

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