Mechanoregulation of cardiac myofibroblast differentiation: Implications for cardiac fibrosis and therapy

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 309, Issue 4, 2015, Pages H532-H542

  Yong, Kar Wey ^a,b   Li, Yuhui ^a   Huang, Guoyou ^a   Lu, Tian Jian ^a   Zaman Wan Safwani, Wan Kamarul ^b   Pingguan Murphy, Belinda ^b   Xu, Feng ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Cardiac myofibroblast differentiation; ECM stiffness; Mechanical cues; Mechanical microenvironment; Mechanical strain

Indexed keywords

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MECHANICAL STRESS; MICROENVIRONMENT; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROSIS; HEART MUSCLE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; MYOCARDIUM; MYOFIBROBLASTS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84939418885     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00299.2015     Document Type: Review

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