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. 2010 May 27;3:8. doi: 10.1186/1755-1536-3-8

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Model of myofibroblast origin in skin lesions of scleroderma patients. Transforming growth factor β, endothelin-1 and CCN2 can enhance differentiation of resident fibroblasts to myofibroblasts; platelet derived growth factor promotes pericyte recruitment.