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Reduced serum content and increased matrix stiffness promote the cardiac myofibroblast transition in 3D collagen matrices.
Cardiovascular pathology : the official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Pathology - 1 Jan 2000
Galie Peter A, Westfall Margaret V, Stegemann Jan P
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INTRODUCTION: The fibroblast-myofibroblast transition is an important event in the development of cardiac fibrosis and scar formation initiated after myocardial ischemia. The goals of the present study were to better understand the contribution of environmental factors to this transition and determine whether myofibroblasts provide equally important feedback to the surrounding environment. METHODS: The influence...
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