#  Myofibroblast Progenitors and Solid Organ Fibrosis 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **May 5, 2015** 

 04:00PM - 05:00PM EDT 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **Brigham and Women's Hospital, Anesthesia Conference Room, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA**  



 

 



 

BWH Leaders in Regenerative Medicine Seminar

[Online registration recommended.](http://www.brighamandwomens.org/View/EventDetails.aspx?eventID=61061)

**Presentation:*****Benjamin Humphreys, MD, PhD***  
Associate Professor, Renal Division, HMS  
and  
***Rafael Kramann, MD***  
Postdoctoral Fellow, Humphreys Lab

*Organ fibrosis is the leading cause of death in the industrialized world, but the pathogenic mechanisms driving this process are not clearly understood. This talk will review the fate and functional roles of Gli1+ myofibroblast progenitors in solid organ fibrosis, and outline potential new therapeutic strategies*.

**Directions to the Anesthesia Conference Room**

- Follow the BWH Pike to Exit 4 to the Mary Horrigan Connors Center for Women’s Health
- Take the elevator to L1
- Turn so that the entrance to the Dept. of Anesthesia offices is behind you and you are facing the hallway.

Make a right at the hall way and go straight ahead, underneath the sign for the Anesthesia conference room.



 

 



 

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