Post-surgical adhesions are triggered by calcium-dependent membrane bridges between mesothelial surfaces
oleh: 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
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2020-06-01 |
Deskripsi
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.