Transforming Growth Factor β-Induced Endothelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition: A Switch to Cardiac Fibrosis?

Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 293-298

  Goumans, Marie José ^a   van Zonneveld, Anton Jan ^b   ten Dijke, Peter ^a  

^a Center for Biomedical Genetics   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SCLEROPROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

CAPILLARY DENSITY; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HUMAN; MESENCHYME CELL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ENDOMYOCARDIAL FIBROSIS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 63449110274     PISSN: 10501738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tcm.2009.01.001     Document Type: Review

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