fibroproliferation
nounEtymology From fibro- + proliferation.
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proliferation of fibroblasts
- Regarding the pathogenesis of RVO, various proinflammatory cytokines and angiogenic growth factors induced by hypoxia have been implicated in increased microvascular permeability, inflammation, and fibroproliferation by controlling the inner blood-retinal barrier breakdown, extracellular matrix cytoskeletal remodeling, and endothelial-mesenchymal cell transition.2015 July 17, Sirpa Loukovaara et al., “A Case of Abnormal Lymphatic-Like Differentiation and Endothelial Progenitor Cell Activation in Neovascularization Associated with Hemi-Retinal Vein Occlusion”, in Case Reports in Ophthalmology, volume 6, →DOI: