Features

 CD34+ fibroblasts
 plasticity of fibroblasts

• phenotypic plasticity of fibroblasts

Pathology

 fibroblastic sarcomas

• myofibrosarcoma sarcoma
• fibrosaromas
  • infantile fibrosarcoma
  • adult-type fibrosarcoma (adult fibrosarcoma)

References

 Neumann E, Gay RE, Gay S, Muller-Ladner U. Functional genomics of fibroblasts. Curr Opin Rheumatol. 2004 May;16(3):238-45. PMID: #15103251#

 Grinnell F. Fibroblast biology in three-dimensional collagen matrices. Trends Cell Biol. 2003 May;13(5):264-9. PMID: #12742170#

 Grinnell F. Fibroblast-collagen-matrix contraction: growth-factor signalling and mechanical loading. Trends Cell Biol. 2000 Sep;10(9):362-5. PMID: #10932093#