myofibroblast (myofibrocyte)

A cell with characteristics of smooth muscle cells & of fibroblasts. They have contractile properties & myofibrils & also produce collagen type 3. Myofibroblasts play a role in wound contracture.

General

fibroblast myocyte

References

Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.