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A collagen α2(I) mutation impairs healing after experimental myocardial infarction.
The American journal of pathology - 1 Jan 2012
Hofmann Ulrich, Bonz Andreas, Frantz Stefan, Hu Kai, Waller Christiane, Roemer Katrin, Wolf Jürgen, Gattenlöhner Stefan, Bauersachs Johann, Ertl Georg
Abstract excerpt
Collagen breakdown and de novo synthesis are important processes during early wound healing after myocardial infarction (MI). We tested the hypothesis that collagen I, the main constituent of the extracellular matrix, affects wound healing after MI. The osteogenesis imperfecta mouse (OIM), lacking procollagen-α2(I) expression, represents a model of the type III form of the disease in humans. Homozygous (OIM/OIM),...
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