Regulation of the inflammatory response in cardiac repair

NG Frangogiannis - Circulation research, 2012 - Am Heart Assoc
Myocardial necrosis triggers an inflammatory reaction that clears the wound from dead cells
and matrix debris, while activating reparative pathways necessary for scar formation. A …

Complex relationship between cardiac fibroblasts and cardiomyocytes in health and disease

C Hall, K Gehmlich, C Denning… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
Cardiac fibroblasts are the primary cell type responsible for deposition of extracellular matrix
in the heart, providing support to the contracting myocardium and contributing to a myriad of …

Multiple defects in innate and adaptive immunologic function in NOD/LtSz-scid mice.

LD Shultz, PA Schweitzer, SW Christianson… - … (Baltimore, Md.: 1950 …, 1995 - journals.aai.org
The scid mutation was backcrossed ten generations onto the NOD/Lt strain background,
resulting in an immunodeficient stock (NOD/LtSz-scid/scid) with multiple defects in adaptive …

Pathophysiology of myocardial infarction

NG Frangogiannis - Comprehensive Physiology, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Myocardial infarction is defined as sudden ischemic death of myocardial tissue. In the
clinical context, myocardial infarction is usually due to thrombotic occlusion of a coronary …

[PDF][PDF] Transforming growth factor-beta in disease: the dark side of tissue repair.

WA Border, E Ruoslahti - The Journal of clinical …, 1992 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Perspectives Page 1 Perspectives Transforming Growth Factor-,B in Disease: The Dark Side of
Tissue Repair Wayne A. Border* and Erkki Ruoslahtit *Division ofNephrology, University …

TGF-β1 and angiotensin networking in cardiac remodeling

S Rosenkranz - Cardiovascular research, 2004 - academic.oup.com
The renin–angiotensin system (RAS) and transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1) play a
pivotal role in the development of cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure. Recent studies …

The immune system and cardiac repair

NG Frangogiannis - Pharmacological research, 2008 - Elsevier
Myocardial infarction is the most common cause of cardiac injury and results in acute loss of
a large number of myocardial cells. Because the heart has negligible regenerative capacity …

The Transforming Growth Factor-βs

AB Roberts, MB Sporn - Peptide growth factors and their receptors I, 1990 - Springer
Following the initial purification and characterization of transforming growth factor-p (TGF-p)
as a homodimeric, 25-kDa peptide (FROLIK et al. 1983; As-SOlAN et al. 1983; ROBERTS et …

Physiological actions and clinical applications of transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β)

AB Roberts, MB Sporn - Growth factors, 1993 - Taylor & Francis
In the 10 years since its definition and characterization, TGF-β has come to be accepted as
the prototypical multifunctional peptide growth factor. Attempts to understand its mechanism …

Collagen remodeling after myocardial infarction in the rat heart.

JP Cleutjens, MJ Verluyten, JF Smiths… - The American journal …, 1995 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In this study changes in the amount and distribution of types I and III collagen mRNA and
protein were investigated in the rat heart after induction of a left ventricular myocardial …