Mechanical coupling between myofibroblasts and cardiomyocytes slows electric conduction in fibrotic cell monolayers

Circulation

Volumn 123, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 2083-2093

  Thompson, Susan A ^a   Copeland, Craig R ^b   Reich, Daniel H ^b   Tung, Leslie ^a  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

arrhythmia; conduction; electrophysiology; myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

BLEBBISTATIN; CONNEXIN 43; GADOLINIUM; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; STREPTOMYCIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL JUNCTION; COCULTURE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILE FORCE; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS FIBER;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BIOMECHANICS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; FIBROSIS; GADOLINIUM; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS WITH 4 OR MORE RINGS; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; MODELS, ANIMAL; MYOCARDIUM; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; MYOFIBROBLASTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STREPTOMYCIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 79957514836     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.015057     Document Type: Article

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