Connective tissue diseases are a heterogeneous group of autoimmune disorders that affect any of the body's connective tissues. These disorders can be inherited or acquired, and can present with a ...

Mesenchymal stem cells can self-renew by dividing and can differentiate into multiple tissues including bone, cartilage, muscle and fat cells, and connective tissue. HITS-Bio, a high-throughput ...

Exercises like this are good for boosting joint stability and promoting overall connective tissue health. Photograph by Izaiah Johnson, The New York Times/Redux When it comes to building strength ...

A study at MedUni Vienna's Department of Dermatology provides insights into the diversity of cancer-associated fibroblasts in ...

FAP is found in particular on the "stroma" of a tumour, an ecosystem of connective tissue and various non-malignant cell types like blood and immune cells that is thought to be involved in the ...

Articular cartilage, a connective tissue that protects the bone ends in joints, can degenerate due to injury, age, or arthritis, leading to significant joint pain and disability. Especially in ...

Tissue vaccines include antigens associated with neoplastic cells and with the tumor stroma. Furthermore, they include antigens that may be expressed only following in vivo growth versus growth in ...

A study provides insights into the diversity of cancer-associated fibroblasts in white and black skin cancer and describes their different immunomodulatory roles in the tumor environment. The results ...

Fibroadenomas are solid, benign tumors that develop within the breast tissue itself, composed of both glandular (milk-producing) and stromal (connective) tissue. They are among the most common breast ...

In the latter group, the aggressiveness of the disease was associated with signalling between cancer tissue and surrounding healthy connective tissue mediated by the epidermal growth factor (EGF).