The effects of age and the expression of SPARC on extracellular matrix production by cardiac fibroblasts in 3-D cultures

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Trombetta eSilva, Jessica ^a   Eadie, Erik P ^b   Zhang, Yuhua ^a   Norris, Russell A ^b   Borg, Thomas K ^b   Bradshaw, Amy D ^a,c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c RALPH H JOHNSON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN BINDING PROTEIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; FIBRIN; FIBRONECTIN; PROCOLLAGEN; PROTEIN SPARC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WILD TYPE;

AGING; ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; COLLAGEN TYPE I; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLASTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MICE; MYOCARDIUM; OSTEONECTIN; PROCOLLAGEN; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 84892389857     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079715     Document Type: Article

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