By Richard Bucala
Because the discovery of the circulating fibrocyte in 1994 as a collagen-producing phone of the peripheral blood, the physiologic and pathologic position of this particular mobile populaton has grown gradually. This pioneering new ebook offers the 1st entire assessment of the function of fibrocytes in wound fix, granuloma formation, antigen presentation, scar formation, and numerous fibrosing problems akin to interstitial lung ailment and nephrogenic systemic fibrosis. it's also discussions of the hot stories at the molecular signs that impression fibrocyte migration, proliferation, and serve as within the context of ordinary body structure and pathology. The chapters are contributed by way of the top researchers within the box.
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14. Brown J, Greaves M, Molgaard H. (1991) The gene encoding the stem cell antigen, CD34, is conserved in mouse and expressed in hematopoietic progenitor cell lines, brain, and embryonic fibroblasts. Int Immunol 3: 175–184. 15. Schmidt M, Sun G, Stacey MA, et al. (2003) Identification of circulating fibrocytes as precursors of bronchial myofibroblasts in asthma. J Immunol 171: 380–389. 16. Mori L, Bellini A, Stacey MA, et al. (2005) Fibrocytes contribute to the myofibroblast population in wounded skin and originate from the bone marrow.
Balmelli C, Ruggli N, McCullough K, Summerfield A. (2005) Fibrocytes are potent stimulators of anti-virus cytotoxic T cells. J Leukoc Biol 77: 923–933. 37. Chesney J, Naftzger C, Rice G, et al. (2000) Vaccination with tumor lysate-pulsed peripheral blood fibrocytes provides protective immunity against the in situ growth of a murine melanoma. Cellular Immunity Immunother Cancer 110: 66. 38. Thornton SC, Por SB, Walsh BJ, et al. (1990) Interaction of immune and connective tissue cells: I. The effect of lymphokines and monokines on fibroblast growth.
37 The mice were then challenged with live D5 melanoma cells which grow as solid tumors. 37 These data suggest that fibrocytes may play a role in tumor surveillance and thus may find clinical utility as a cell therapy against neoplastic growth. The precise contribution of fibrocytes to antigen presentation processes during tissue repair will not be known until a method for specifically depleting or neutralizing these cells becomes available. As such, the future development of cytotoxic monoclonal antibodies which are specific for surface antigens only present on fibrocytes will greatly assist in the study of the functional role of this cell type in vivo.