Cardiomyocyte VEGFR-1 activation by VEGF-B induces compensatory hypertrophy and preserves cardiac function after myocardial infarction

FASEB Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1467-1478

  Zentilin, Lorena ^a   Puligadda, Uday ^a   Lionetti, Vincenzo ^b   Zacchigna, Serena ^a   Collesi, Chiara ^a   Pattarini, Lucia ^a   Ruozi, Giulia ^a   Camporesi, Silvia ^a   Sinagra, Gianfranco ^c   Pepe, Martino ^d   Recchia, Fabio A ^b,d   Giacca, Mauro ^a,e  

^a Molecular Medicine Laboratory   (Italy)

^b SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^d NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adeno associated virus; Angiogenesis; Apoptosis; Gene expression; Gene therapy

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; NATRIURETIC FACTOR; NEUROPILIN; PHENYLEPHRINE; PROSTAGLANDIN; RYANODINE RECEPTOR; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM CALCIUM TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; VASCULOTROPIN A; VASCULOTROPIN B; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 1;

ADENO ASSOCIATED VIRUS; ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART MUSCLE METABOLISM; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; DRUG POTENTIATION; GENETICS; HEART CONTRACTION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; WISTAR RAT;

ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRUS; ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELLS, CULTURED; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR B; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-1; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 77952294182     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: 15306860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.09-143180     Document Type: Article

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