A specialized cell which is actively involved in wound formation as well as providing an important component of scar formation and contraction.

A fibre-forming cell of the connective tissue, which contains large amounts of contractile assemblies of smooth muscle actin and myosin. Myofibroblasts are regarded as contractile cells.

A Myofibroblast is a form of fibroblast cell that has differentiated partially towards a smooth muscle phenotype.