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Functional characterization of fibronectin-separated valve interstitial cell subpopulations in three-dimensional culture.
The Journal of heart valve disease - 1 Nov 2010
Stephens Elizabeth H, Carroll Joshua L, Post Allison D, Kuo Joyce J, Grande-Allen K Jane
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BACKGROUND AND AIM OF THE STUDY: Myxomatous mitral valves (MVs) contain elevated proportions of myofibroblasts, a valve interstitial cell (VIC) subpopulation that may be important in disease pathogenesis. A novel technique was recently developed for the isolation of VIC myofibroblasts using time-...
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