Synergistic effects of cyclic tension and transforming growth factor-β1 on the aortic valve myofibroblast

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 268-276

  Merryman, W David ^a   Lukoff, Howard D ^b   Long, Rebecca A ^a   Engelmayr Jr , George C ^a   Hopkins, Richard A ^b   Sacks, Michael S ^a  

^a MCGOWAN INSTITUTE FOR REGENERATIVE MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic valve interstitial cells; Degenerative valve disease; Heart valve remodeling; Myofibroblasts; TGF 1

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CYTOKINE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 47; PROCOLLAGEN C PROTEINASE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; LEYDIG CELL; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SWINE; TENSION; TISSUE HOMOGENATE; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; AORTIC VALVE; BIOREACTORS; COLLAGEN TYPE I; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLASTS; HSP47 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SWINE; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

EID: 34548485827     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2007.03.006     Document Type: Article

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