In addition, CYP11B2 expression and cardiac fibrosis are found to be decreased in CHF patients on drug therapy comprising spironolactone combined with ACEIs.
Involvement of Rho-kinase pathway for angiotensin II-induced plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 gene expression and cardiovascular remodeling in hypertensive rats.
Prevention of cardiac fibrosis and left ventricular dysfunction in diabetic cardiomyopathy in rats by transgenic expression of the human tissue kallikrein gene.
This article further confirms the involvement of the renin-angiotensin system in cardiac fibrosis and illustrates the supportive roles of mineralocorticoids, endothelin, and novel signaling pathways.
Increased cardiac expression of tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1 and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-2 is related to cardiac fibrosis and dysfunction in the chronic pressure-overloaded human heart.
We hypothesize that the early induction of MMP-9 is a key regulator for modulating intracellular signaling through activation of PAR and various downstream events which are implicated in development of cardiac fibrosis in an extracellular receptor mediated kinase-1 (ERK-1) and focal adhesion kinase (FAK) dependent manner.
We hypothesize that the early induction of MMP-9 is a key regulator for modulating intracellular signaling through activation of PAR and various downstream events which are implicated in development of cardiac fibrosis in an extracellular receptor mediated kinase-1 (ERK-1) and focal adhesion kinase (FAK) dependent manner.
We hypothesize that the early induction of MMP-9 is a key regulator for modulating intracellular signaling through activation of PAR and various downstream events which are implicated in development of cardiac fibrosis in an extracellular receptor mediated kinase-1 (ERK-1) and focal adhesion kinase (FAK) dependent manner.
We hypothesize that the early induction of MMP-9 is a key regulator for modulating intracellular signaling through activation of PAR and various downstream events which are implicated in development of cardiac fibrosis in an extracellular receptor mediated kinase-1 (ERK-1) and focal adhesion kinase (FAK) dependent manner.
We also measured cardiac TGF-beta1 protein (total and active), Smad2 phosphorylation, and MMP activity after the onset of macrophage accumulation but before the onset of cardiac fibrosis.
We also measured cardiac TGF-beta1 protein (total and active), Smad2 phosphorylation, and MMP activity after the onset of macrophage accumulation but before the onset of cardiac fibrosis.
We hypothesized that: 1) macrophage accumulation and cardiac fibrosis in SR-uPA+/o mice are dependent on localization of uPA by the uPA receptor (uPAR); 2) activation of plasminogen by uPA and subsequent activation of transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-beta1) and matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2 and -9 by plasmin are critical pathways through which uPA-expressing macrophages accumulate in the heart and cause fibrosis; and 3) uPA-induced cardiac fibrosis can be attenuated by treatment with verapamil.
We hypothesized that: 1) macrophage accumulation and cardiac fibrosis in SR-uPA+/o mice are dependent on localization of uPA by the uPA receptor (uPAR); 2) activation of plasminogen by uPA and subsequent activation of transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-beta1) and matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-2 and -9 by plasmin are critical pathways through which uPA-expressing macrophages accumulate in the heart and cause fibrosis; and 3) uPA-induced cardiac fibrosis can be attenuated by treatment with verapamil.