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Radiation induces osteogenesis in human aortic valve interstitial cells.
The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery - 1 Dec 2012
Nadlonek Nicole A, Weyant Michael J, Yu Jessica A, Cleveland Joseph C, Reece T Brett, Meng Xianzhong, Fullerton David A
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OBJECTIVE: Irradiation of the chest or chest wall has been shown to cause calcific aortic stenosis. However, the mechanisms are unknown. Aortic valve interstitial cells have been implicated in the pathogenesis of aortic stenosis; they have been shown to change from the phenotype of a myofibroblast to an osteoblastlike cell. We therefore hypothesized that irradiation of human aortic valve interstitial cells...
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