The cardiac fibroblast: Functional and electrophysiological considerations in healthy and diseased hearts

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 380-388

  Vasquez, Carolina ^a   Benamer, Najate ^a   Morley, Gregory E ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac fibroblast; connexin; electrophysiology; ion currents; myofibroblast

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; COLLAGEN TYPE 8; CONTRACTILE PROTEIN; CYTOKINE; GROWTH FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

CARDIAC FIBROBLAST; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE CELL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FIBROBLAST; HEART; HEART ATRIUM FIBROBLAST; HEART INJURY; HEART VENTRICLE FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; MEMBRANE CURRENT; MUSCLE CELL; MYOFIBROBLAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MEMBRANE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; FIBROBLASTS; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; MYOFIBROBLASTS;

EID: 79955014340     PISSN: 01602446     EISSN: 15334023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FJC.0b013e31820cda19     Document Type: Review

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