myofibroblast (myofibrocyte)

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Introduction

A cell with characteristics of smooth muscle cells & of fibroblasts. They have contractile properties & myofibrils & also produce collagen type 3.

Myofibroblasts play a role in wound contracture.

More general terms

References

  1. ↑ Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.
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