Perturbations of mechanotransduction and aneurysm formation in heritable aortopathies

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 7-16

  Jeremy, Richmond W ^a   Robertson, Elizabeth ^a   Lu, Yaxin ^a   Hambly, Brett D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Aorta; Gene; Mechanotransduction; Mutation

Indexed keywords

ELASTIN; FIBRILLIN 1; FIBULIN; FIBULIN 4; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA DISEASE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FIBRILLIN 1 GENE; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; THORACIC AORTOPATHY; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1 GENE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2 GENE; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANEURYSM; AORTA; GENE; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MUTATION;

ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; ANIMALS; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; HUMANS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MUTATION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 84886747330     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.08.056     Document Type: Review

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