Use of conditionally immortalized mouse cardiac fibroblasts to examine the effect of mechanical stretch on α-smooth muscle actin

Tissue and Cell

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 86-96

  Wang, J ^a   Lukse, E ^a   Seth, A ^a   McCulloch, C A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiac fibroblasts; H 2Kb tsA58; Interferon gamma; Mechanical force; smooth muscle actin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; BETA ACTIN; CYTOCHALASIN D; DESMIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; MESSENGER RNA; VIMENTIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEPOLYMERIZATION; DOWN REGULATION; FIBROBLAST; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; FORCE; HEART; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRETCHING; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0035079340     PISSN: 00408166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/tice.2000.0160     Document Type: Article

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