Biljana Skrbic

Syndecan-4 signaling via NFAT regulates extracellular matrix production and cardiac myofibroblast differentiation in response to mechanical stress

Kate M. Herum, Ida G. Lunde, Biljana Skrbic et al. · Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology · 2012 · 138 citations · Full text

Mechanobiology, Cardiac Muscle, Cardiomyopathy +12

Attenuated development of cardiac fibrosis in left ventricular pressure overload by SM16, an orally active inhibitor of ALK5

Kristin V. T. Engebretsen, Kristine Skårdal, Sigrid Bjørnstad et al. · Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology · 2014 · 107 citations

Active Inhibitor, Fibrosis, Heart Failure +11

Lumican is increased in experimental and clinical heart failure, and its production by cardiac fibroblasts is induced by mechanical and proinflammatory stimuli

Kristin V. T. Engebretsen, Ida G. Lunde, Mari E. Strand et al. · FEBS Journal · 2013 · 103 citations · Full text

Syndecan-4 is a key determinant of collagen cross-linking and passive myocardial stiffness in the pressure-overloaded heart

Kate M. Herum, Ida G. Lunde, Biljana Skrbic et al. · Cardiovascular Research · 2015 · 88 citations · Full text

Innate immune signaling induces expression and shedding of the heparan sulfate proteoglycan syndecan‐4 in cardiac fibroblasts and myocytes, affecting inflammation in the pressure‐overloaded heart

Mari E. Strand, Kate M. Herum, Zaheer A. Rana et al. · FEBS Journal · 2013 · 79 citations · Full text

Cardiac Muscle, Heart Failure, Innate Immune System +25