Article
Cardiac fibroblasts: function, regulation of gene expression, and phenotypic modulation.
Basic research in cardiology - 1 Jan 1992
Eghbali M
Abstract excerpt
Cardiac fibroblasts constitute the majority of the non-myocyte cell population in the ventricular myocardium. These cells are located in the interstitium, in areas between and surrounding cardiac myocytes. Cardiac fibroblasts are responsible for the synthesis of extracellular matrix proteins such as fibrillar collagen types I and III, basement membrane type IV collagen, fibronectin, and laminin. In addition to...
Topics
- Animals
- Cells, Cultured
- Collagen
- Fibroblasts
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Humans
- Myocardium
- Phenotype
