Post-surgical adhesions are triggered by calcium-dependent membrane bridges between mesothelial surfaces

Autor: Adrian Fischer, Tim Koopmans, Pushkar Ramesh, Simon Christ, Maximilian Strunz, Juliane Wannemacher, Michaela Aichler, Annette Feuchtinger, Axel Walch, Meshal Ansari, Fabian J. Theis, Kenji Schorpp, Kamyar Hadian, Philipp-Alexander Neumann, Herbert B. Schiller, Yuval Rinkevich
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-15 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-16893-3
Popis: Surgical adhesions are organ-joining bands of scar tissue that remain clinically untreatable. Here, the authors show that adhesions are formed through expansive mesothelial membrane bridges, and that blocking these with small molecules prevents formation of adhesions in mice.
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