Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Cytomechanics in Connective Tissue Repair and Engineering

Chapter 3 Scleroderma Lung Fibroblasts

Chapter 4 Functional Assessment of Fibroblast Heterogeneity by the Cell-Surface Glycoprotein Thy-1

Chapter 5 Tissue Repair in Asthma

Chapter 6 Experimental Models to Study the Origin and Role of Myofibroblasts in Renal Fibrosis

Chapter 7 Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition of Mesothelial Cells as a Mechanism Responsible for Peritoneal Membrane Failure in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients

Chapter 9 Pro-Invasive Molecular Cross-Signaling between Cancer Cells and Myofibroblasts

Chapter 10 Proangiogenic Implications of Hepatic Stellate Cell Transdifferentiation into Myofibroblasts Induced by Tumor Microenvironment

Chapter 11 Matrix Metalloproteinases, Tissue Inhibitors of Metalloproteinase and Matrix Turnover and the Fate of Hepatic Stellate Cells

Chapter 12 Innate Immune Regulation of Lung Injury and Repair

Chapter 13 An Eye on Repair