Abstract
The connective tissue of virtually all human organs harbors huge amounts of resident CD34+ fibrocytes. Recent studies have shown that CD34+ fibrocytes derive from circulating CD14+ monocytes. CD34+ fibrocytes are involved in wound healing, act as antigen presenting cells and secrete a multitude of cytokines. Due to their diverse functions CD34+ fibrocytes play a role in connective tissue diseases, pulmonary fibrosis and tumor associated stromal remodeling. Stromal remodeling precipitated by invasive carcinomas is characterized by a loss of CD34+ expression paralleled by a gain of α-SMA expression in stromal cells resulting in a phenotype change from CD34+ fibrocytes towards α-SMA positive myofibroblasts. This process is very stereotypic and may play an essential role in local tumor invasion and systemic dissemination, since a reduction of antigen presenting CD34+ fibrocytes might constitute a step in escaping the hosts immune control directed against invasive carcinoma cells.
Keywords: CD34, fibrocytes, stroma, myofibroblast
Current Stem Cell Research & Therapy
Title: CD34+ Fibrocytes: Morphology, Histogenesis and Function
Volume: 2 Issue: 3
Author(s): Peter J. Barth and Christina C. Westhoff
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Keywords: CD34, fibrocytes, stroma, myofibroblast
Abstract: The connective tissue of virtually all human organs harbors huge amounts of resident CD34+ fibrocytes. Recent studies have shown that CD34+ fibrocytes derive from circulating CD14+ monocytes. CD34+ fibrocytes are involved in wound healing, act as antigen presenting cells and secrete a multitude of cytokines. Due to their diverse functions CD34+ fibrocytes play a role in connective tissue diseases, pulmonary fibrosis and tumor associated stromal remodeling. Stromal remodeling precipitated by invasive carcinomas is characterized by a loss of CD34+ expression paralleled by a gain of α-SMA expression in stromal cells resulting in a phenotype change from CD34+ fibrocytes towards α-SMA positive myofibroblasts. This process is very stereotypic and may play an essential role in local tumor invasion and systemic dissemination, since a reduction of antigen presenting CD34+ fibrocytes might constitute a step in escaping the hosts immune control directed against invasive carcinoma cells.
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Barth J. Peter and Westhoff C. Christina, CD34+ Fibrocytes: Morphology, Histogenesis and Function, Current Stem Cell Research & Therapy 2007; 2 (3) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157488807781696249
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157488807781696249 |
Print ISSN 1574-888X |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 2212-3946 |
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