Article
Collagen phenotypes during development and regression of myocardial hypertrophy in spontaneously hypertensive rats.
Circulation research - 1 Dec 1990
Mukherjee D, Sen S
Abstract excerpt
The myocardium contains collagen matrix that is a major determinant of its architecture, structural integrity, and mechanical properties. This fibrillar matrix consists primarily of type I and type III collagens having epimysial, perimysial, and endomysial components. The present study shows the alteration of collagen phenotypes during the evolution of hypertensive hypertrophy. Therapy with captopril, an...
Topics
- Age Factors
- Animals
- Captopril
- Cardiomegaly
- Collagen
- Cyanogen Bromide
- Female
- Hydroxyproline
- Hypertension
- Male
- Myocardium
- Phenotype
