TY - JOUR
T1 - Fibrocytes and the tissue niche in lung repair
AU - Andersson Sjöland, Annika
AU - Nihlberg, Kristian
AU - Eriksson, Leif
AU - Bjermer, Leif
AU - Westergren-Thorsson, Gunilla
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Human fibrocytes are bone marrow-derived mesenchymal progenitor cells that express a variety of markers related to leukocytes, hematopoietic stem cells and a diverse set of fibroblast phenotypes. Fibrocytes can be recruited from the circulation to the tissue where they further can differentiate and proliferate into various mesenchymal cell types depending on the tissue niche. This local tissue niche is important because it modulates the fibrocytes and coordinates their role in tissue behaviour and repair. However, plasticity of a niche may be co-opted in chronic airway diseases such as asthma, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and obliterative bronchiolitis. This review will therefore focus on a possible role of fibrocytes in pathological tissue repair processes in those diseases.
AB - Human fibrocytes are bone marrow-derived mesenchymal progenitor cells that express a variety of markers related to leukocytes, hematopoietic stem cells and a diverse set of fibroblast phenotypes. Fibrocytes can be recruited from the circulation to the tissue where they further can differentiate and proliferate into various mesenchymal cell types depending on the tissue niche. This local tissue niche is important because it modulates the fibrocytes and coordinates their role in tissue behaviour and repair. However, plasticity of a niche may be co-opted in chronic airway diseases such as asthma, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and obliterative bronchiolitis. This review will therefore focus on a possible role of fibrocytes in pathological tissue repair processes in those diseases.
U2 - 10.1186/1465-9921-12-76
DO - 10.1186/1465-9921-12-76
M3 - Review article
C2 - 21658209
SN - 1465-9921
VL - 12
JO - Respiratory Research
JF - Respiratory Research
ER -