Hinz, Boris

Myofibroblasts and mechano-regulation of connective tissue remodelling

Tomasek, J. J., Gabbiani, G., Hinz, B., Chaponnier, C., & Brown, R. A. (2002) · Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Wound Healing and TreatmentsLiver physiology and pathology

Cited by 4,290

The Myofibroblast

Hinz, B., Phan, S. H., Thannickal, V. J., Galli, A., Bochaton-Piallat, M.-L., & Gabbiani, G. (2007) · The American Journal of Pathology

Liver physiology and pathologyInterstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Cited by 2,068

Formation and function of the myofibroblast during tissue repair

Hinz, B. (2007) · Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Wound Healing and TreatmentsLiver physiology and pathology

Cited by 1,658

Myofibroblast contraction activates latent TGF-β1 from the extracellular matrix

Wipff, P.-J., Rifkin, D. B., Meister, J.-J., & Hinz, B. (2007) · The Journal of Cell Biology

TGF-β signaling in diseasesCellular Mechanics and Interactions

Cited by 1,346

Alpha-Smooth Muscle Actin Expression Upregulates Fibroblast Contractile Activity

Hinz, B., Celetta, G., Tomasek, J. J., Gabbiani, G., & Chaponnier, C. (2001) · Molecular Biology of the Cell

Cellular Mechanics and InteractionsTGF-β signaling in diseases

Cited by 1,288

Recent Developments in Myofibroblast Biology

Hinz, B., Phan, S. H., Thannickal, V. J., Prunotto, M., Desmoulière, A., Varga, J., De Wever, O., Mareel, M., & Gabbiani, G. (2012) · The American Journal of Pathology

Wound Healing and TreatmentsLiver physiology and pathology

Cited by 1,193

The myofibroblast matrix: implications for tissue repair and fibrosis

Klingberg, F., Hinz, B., & White, E. S. (2013) · The Journal of Pathology

Wound Healing and TreatmentsLiver physiology and pathology

Cited by 776

Myofibroblasts

Hinz, B. (2016) · Experimental Eye Research

Corneal Surgery and TreatmentsWound Healing and Treatments

Cited by 424

The big five in fibrosis: Macrophages, myofibroblasts, matrix, mechanics, and miscommunication

Pakshir, P., & Hinz, B. (2018) · Matrix Biology

Wound Healing and TreatmentsLiver physiology and pathology

Cited by 396

Tissue stiffness, latent TGF-β1 Activation, and mechanical signal transduction: Implications for the pathogenesis and treatment of fibrosis

Hinz, B. (2009) · Current Rheumatology Reports

TGF-β signaling in diseasesCellular Mechanics and Interactions

Cited by 373

The role of myofibroblasts in wound healing

Hinz, B. (2016) · Current Research in Translational Medicine

Wound Healing and TreatmentsLiver physiology and pathology

Cited by 328

α-Smooth Muscle Actin Is Crucial for Focal Adhesion Maturation in Myofibroblasts

Hinz, B., Dugina, V., Ballestrem, C., Wehrle-Haller, B., & Chaponnier, C. (2003) · Molecular Biology of the Cell

Cellular Mechanics and InteractionsCell Adhesion Molecules Research

Cited by 322

The myofibroblast at a glance

Pakshir, P., Noskovicova, N., Lodyga, M., Son, D. O., Schuster, R., Goodwin, A., Karvonen, H., & Hinz, B. (2020) · Journal of Cell Science

Wound Healing and TreatmentsLiver physiology and pathology

Cited by 293

A key role for nox4 in epithelial cell death during development of lung fibrosis

Carnesecchi, S., Deffert, C., Donati, Y., Basset, O., Hinz, B., Preynat-Seauve, O., Guichard, C., Arbiser, J. L., Banfi, B., Pache, J.-C., et al. (2011) · Antioxidants & Redox Signaling

Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary FibrosisRedox biology and oxidative stress

Cited by 290

Dynamic fibroblast contractions attract remote macrophages in fibrillar collagen matrix

Pakshir, P., Alizadehgiashi, M., Wong, B., Coelho, N. M., Chen, X., Gong, Z., Shenoy, V. B., McCulloch, C. A., & Hinz, B. (2019) · Nature Communications

Cellular Mechanics and InteractionsWound Healing and Treatments

Cited by 281

The Role of Myofibroblasts in Physiological and Pathological Tissue Repair

Schuster, R., Younesi, F., Ezzo, M., & Hinz, B. (2023) · Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Wound Healing and TreatmentsLiver physiology and pathology

Cited by 232

Myofibroblast development is characterized by specific cell-cell adherens junctions

Hinz, B., Pittet, P., Smith-Clerc, J., Chaponnier, C., & Meister, J.-J. (2004) · Molecular Biology of the Cell

Cellular Mechanics and InteractionsWound Healing and Treatments

Cited by 231

Implant Fibrosis and the Underappreciated Role of Myofibroblasts in the Foreign Body Reaction

Noskovicova, N., Hinz, B., & Pakshir, P. (2021) · Cells

Wound Healing and TreatmentsTissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

Cited by 184

Mechanical regulation of myofibroblast phenoconversion and collagen contraction

Hinz, B., McCulloch, C. A., & Coelho, N. M. (2019) · Experimental Cell Research

Cellular Mechanics and InteractionsWound Healing and Treatments

Cited by 182

Cadherin-11–mediated adhesion of macrophages to myofibroblasts establishes a profibrotic niche of active TGF-β

Lodyga, M., Cambridge, E., Karvonen, H. M., Pakshir, P., Wu, B., Boo, S., Kiebalo, M., Kaarteenaho, R., Glogauer, M., Kapoor, M., et al. (2019) · Science Signaling

Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary FibrosisTGF-β signaling in diseases

Cited by 181

Wound‐healing defect of CD18−/− mice due to a decrease in TGF‐β1 and myofibroblast differentiation

Peters, T., Sindrilaru, A., Hinz, B., Hinrichs, R., Menke, A., Al‐Azzeh, E. A. D., Holzwarth, K., Oreshkova, T., Wang, H., Kess, D., et al. (2005) · The EMBO Journal

Wound Healing and TreatmentsCell Adhesion Molecules Research

Cited by 153

Multipotent stromal cells: One name, multiple identities

Soliman, H., Theret, M., Scott, W., Hill, L., Underhill, T. M., Hinz, B., & Rossi, F. M. V. (2021) · Cell Stem Cell

Mesenchymal stem cell researchHematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

Cited by 147

Fibrotic microtissue array to predict anti-fibrosis drug efficacy

Asmani, M., Velumani, S., Li, Y., Wawrzyniak, N., Hsia, I., Chen, Z., Hinz, B., & Zhao, R. (2018) · Nature Communications

Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary FibrosisTissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

Cited by 137

YAP1 Is a Driver of Myofibroblast Differentiation in Normal and Diseased Fibroblasts

Piersma, B., de Rond, S., Werker, P. M. N., Boo, S., Hinz, B., van Beuge, M. M., & Bank, R. A. (2015) · The American Journal of Pathology

Dupuytren's Contracture and TreatmentsHippo pathway signaling and YAP/TAZ

Cited by 135