Mitral valvular interstitial cell responses to substrate stiffness depend on age and anatomic region - Stephens, Elizabeth H.; Durst, Christopher A.; West, Jennifer L.; Grande-Allen, K. Jane (Acta biomaterialia, 2011)
Keywords: actin; Actins; Actins - metabolism; Age/aging; Aging; Aging - drug effects; Aging - physiology; Amino Acid Sequence; anatomy & histology; Animals; Biomarkers; Biomarkers - metabolism; Cell Shape; Cell Shape - drug effects; chemistry; collagen; cytology; drug effects; enzymology; ethylene; extracellular matrix; gels; Heart valve; heart valves; heat shock proteins; Heparin; Heparin - pharmacology; HSP47 Heat-Shock Proteins; HSP47 Heat-Shock Proteins - metabolism; hydrocolloids; Hydrogel; Hydrogels; Hydrogels - chemistry; Hydrogels - pharmacology; Mechanical Phenomena; Mechanical Phenomena - drug effects; metabolism; Mitral Valve; Mitral Valve - anatomy & histology; Mitral Valve - cytology; Mitral Valve - drug effects; Mitral Valve - enzymology; Molecular Sequence Data; Molecular Weight; Peptides; Peptides - chemistry; Peptides - pharmacology; pharmacology; phenotype; physiology; Polyethylene Glycols; Polyethylene Glycols - pharmacology; procollagen-proline dioxygenase; Procollagen-Proline Dioxygenase - metabolism; smooth muscle; Staining and Labeling; Stiffness; Surface modification; Sus scrofa; swine; Vimentin; Vimentin - metabolism; Surface modification; Stiffness; Hydrogel; Heart valve; Age/aging