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. 1984 Apr;82(4):341-4.
doi: 10.1111/1523-1747.ep12260654.

The contractility of fibroblasts in a collagen lattice is reduced by corticosteroids

B Coulomb, L Dubertret, E Bell, R Touraine
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The contractility of fibroblasts in a collagen lattice is reduced by corticosteroids

B Coulomb et al. J Invest Dermatol. 1984 Apr.
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Abstract

Normal human and rat skin fibroblasts, incorporated into a three-dimensional collagen lattice, were assayed for their ability to contract collagen fibrils. This capacity is inhibited in a dose-dependent fashion by both dexamethasone and hydrocortisone. The inhibition is reversed when the corticosteroids are removed from the culture medium, but while the effect of hydrocortisone is almost entirely reversible, that of dexamethasone is not.

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