Collagen resorption by fibroblasts in the endometrium of rats after parturition

Simões, M.J.; Mora, O.A.

Revista Brasileira de Biologia 42(2): 431-437

1982


ISSN/ISBN: 0034-7108
PMID: 7182863
Document Number: 195960
An ultrastructural study of collagen resorption in the postpartum rat endometrium revealed several intracytoplasmic vesicles inside fibroblasts containing collagenous fibrils in various stages of degradation. A collagenolytic action of the fibroblast itself is implied which, besides being the builder of the molecule, would also be responsible for its resorption.

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