Mechanical stretch up-regulates the B-type natriuretic peptide system in human cardiac fibroblasts: A possible defense against transforming growth factor-β mediated fibrosis

Fibrogenesis and Tissue Repair

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Watson, Chris J ^a   Phelan, Dermot ^a   Xu, Maojia ^a   Collier, Patrick ^a   Neary, Roisin ^a   Smolenski, Albert ^a   Ledwidge, Mark ^b   McDonald, Kenneth ^b   Baugh, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Alpha smooth muscle actin; Bnp; Mechanical stretch; Myofibroblast; Natriuretic peptide receptor a; Transforming growth factor beta

Indexed keywords

BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE RECEPTOR A; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ELONGATION; CELL STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MECHANICAL STRESS; MYOFIBROBLAST; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; UPREGULATION;

EID: 84864628855     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17551536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1755-1536-5-9     Document Type: Article

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