MicroRNA-21 contributes to myocardial disease by stimulating MAP kinase signalling in fibroblasts

Thomas Thum, Carina Gross, Jan Fiedler, +20

Nature

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Endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition contributes to cardiac fibrosis

Elisabeth M. Zeisberg, Oleg Tarnavski, Michael Zeisberg, +11

Nature Medicine

FibrosisPhysiologyEndothelial-to-mesenchymal Transition ContributesVascular BiologyMedicine +4

Association of Fibrosis With Mortality and Sudden Cardiac Death in Patients With Nonischemic Dilated Cardiomyopathy

Ankur Gulati, Andrew Jabbour, Tevfik F. Ismail, +19

JAMA

Impact of Myocardial Fibrosis in Patients With Symptomatic Severe Aortic Stenosis

Frank Weidemann, Sebastian Herrmann, Stefan Störk, +8

Circulation

Lisinopril-Mediated Regression of Myocardial Fibrosis in Patients With Hypertensive Heart Disease

Christian G. Brilla, R. Funck, Heinz Rupp

Circulation

Losartan-Dependent Regression of Myocardial Fibrosis Is Associated With Reduction of Left Ventricular Chamber Stiffness in Hypertensive Patients

Ramón Querejeta, Begoña López, Arantxa González, +2

Circulation

CTGF is a central mediator of tissue remodeling and fibrosis and its inhibition can reverse the process of fibrosis

Kenneth E. Lipson, Carol Wong, Yuchin Teng, +1

Fibrogenesis & Tissue Repair

FibrosisDevelopmental BiologyTissue DevelopmentAngiogenesisTissue Remodeling +13

Association Between Extracellular Matrix Expansion Quantified by Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance and Short-Term Mortality

Timothy C. Wong, Kayla Piehler, Christopher G Meier, +10

Circulation

CTGF Expression is Induced by TGF- β in Cardiac Fibroblasts and Cardiac Myocytes: a Potential Role in Heart Fibrosis

Michelle Chen, Andrew Lam, Judith A. Abraham, +2

Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology

Cardiac MuscleCardiomyopathyFibrosisTgf- βPathology +9

Stimulation of Collagen Production by Transforming Growth Factor-β ₁ During Differentiation of Cardiac Fibroblasts to Myofibroblasts

Victor Petrov, Robert Fagard, Paul Lijnen

Hypertension