Dance band on the Titanic: Biomechanical signaling in cardiac hypertrophy

Circulation Research

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 888-898

  Sussman, Mark A ^a   McCulloch, Andrew ^b   Borg, Thomas K ^c  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac hypertrophy; Extracellular matrix; Mechanical signaling

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN; CADHERIN; CALCINEURIN; CALCIUM ION; CALMODULIN; CELL RECEPTOR; COLLAGEN; DISCOIDIN; ENDOTHELIN 1; INTEGRIN; INTEGRIN RECEPTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AUTOCRINE EFFECT; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOSKELETON; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLAST; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; MECHANICAL STRESS; MYOFILAMENT; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TISSUE REGENERATION;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CALCIUM; CARDIOMEGALY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMANS; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MYOCARDIUM; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0037112402     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.0000041680.43270.F8     Document Type: Review

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