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Interleukin-1 has opposing effects on connective tissue growth factor and tenascin-C expression in human cardiac fibroblasts.
Matrix biology : journal of the International Society for Matrix Biology - 24 Apr 2013
Maqbool Azhar, Hemmings Karen E, O'Regan David J, Ball Stephen G, Porter Karen E, Turner Neil A
Abstract excerpt
Cardiac fibroblasts (CF) play a central role in the repair and remodeling of the heart following injury and are important regulators of inflammation and extracellular matrix (ECM) turnover. ECM-regulatory matricellular proteins are synthesized by several myocardial cell types including CF. We investigated the effects of pro-inflammatory cytokines on matricellular protein expression in cultured human CF. cDNA...
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