Cofilin is a marker of myofibroblast differentiation in cells from porcine aortic cardiac valves

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 294, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Pho, M ^a   Lee, W ^a   Watt, D R ^b   Laschinger, C ^a   Simmons, C A ^b   McCulloch, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

smooth muscle actin; Actin; Fibroblasts; Isotope coded affinity tags

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; COFILIN; COLLAGEN GEL; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; DESMIN; HOE 33342; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENIC DIET; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STEM CELL; STRESS FIBER; SWINE; TENSILE STRENGTH; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ACTIN DEPOLYMERIZING FACTORS; ACTINS; ANIMALS; AORTIC VALVE; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; COLLAGEN; DIETARY FATS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FIBROBLASTS; FIBROSIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GELS; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; ISOTOPE LABELING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHOSPHORYLATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SCLEROSIS; STEM CELLS; STRESS FIBERS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SWINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 41749083044     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01305.2007     Document Type: Article

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