Myocardin-related transcription factor-a: Mending a broken heart

Circulation Research

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 168-170

  Parmacek, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; MYOCARDIN; MYOCARDIN RELATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR A; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOMECHANICS; CELL FUNCTION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; FIBROBLASTS; FIBROSIS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIUM; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; PHENOTYPE; RHO-ASSOCIATED KINASES; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 77955156440     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: 15244571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.110.224881     Document Type: Review

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