Locating the Cells that Give Rise to Scar Tissue (IMAGE)

Harvard University

Locating the Cells that Give Rise to Scar Tissue

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Rare stem cells (in red) that give rise to scar-tissue secreting myofibroblast cells, here found near the blood vessels of a mouse kidney (in green).

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Rafael Kramann, M.D.

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