In Vitro Generation of TGFb- and IL1a-Induced Fibroblast Subtypes for Mechanistic Studies of Extracellular Matrix Composition and Architecture
Purpose In solid cancers, inflammation and viral infections, two main fibroblastic functions have been identified: myofibroblast-like fibroblasts and inflammatory fibroblasts. In the tumour microenvironment (TME), these cancer-associated fibroblast (CAFs) subtypes are known as myCAFs, which generate a stiffe...