The effect of myocardin and Smad3 overexpression in ventricular myofibroblasts: cellular contractility and collagen production
The incidence of cardiovascular disease has reached epidemic proportions in North America. Specifically, myocardial infarctions (MI) are a major contributor to heart failure which greatly influences morbidity and mortality rates in developed nations. In the post-MI heart, cardiac fibroblasts migra...
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2008
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1993/3029 |