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Saldías, María Paz; Fernández, Christian; Morgan, Alejandra; Díaz, Catalina; Morales, Diego; Jana, Fabian; Gómez Gallo, Alvaro; Silva, Alonso; Briceño, Fernanda; Oyarzún, Alejandro; Maldonado Caniulao, Felipe; Cerda Arancibia, Óscar; Smith, Patricio C.; Cáceres, Mónica (Public Library Science, 2017)Aging is a gradual biological process characterized by a decrease in cell and organism functions. Gingival wound healing is one of the impaired processes found in old rats. Here, we studied the in vivo wound healing process ...
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Tobar, Nicola´s; Toyos, Marcela; Urra, Carla; Me´ndez, Nicola´s; Arancibia, Rodrigo; Smith, Patricio C.; Marti´nez, Jorge (BioMed Central Ltd., 2014)© 2014 Tobar et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. Background: Hard consistency, developed under the influence of tumor cell factors, is a characteristic feature of a breast tumor. Activation of resident fibroblasts leading ...
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Smith, Patricio C.; Cáceres, Mónica; Martinez, Jorge (2006)Background and Objectives: Myofibroblastic differentiation is an important event in gingival wound healing and chronic inflammation. Transforming frowth factor-β 1 (TGF-β1) is a potent growth factor that has been implicated ...
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Guerrero, Javier; Tobar, Nicolás; Cáceres, Mónica; Espinoza, Lorena; Escobar, Paula; Dotor, Javier; Smith, Patricio C.; Martínez, Jorge (2010)In carcinomas such as those of breast, pancreas, stomach, and colon, cancer cells support the expansion of molecular and cellular stroma in a phenomenon termed desmoplasia, which is characterized by a strong fibrotic ...