Calcific nodule morphogenesis by heart valve interstitial cells is strain dependent

The aortic valve microenvironment and its role in calcific aortic valve disease

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Calcific Aortic Valve Disease: Not Simply a Degenerative Process

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Cell–Matrix Interactions in the Pathobiology of Calcific Aortic Valve Disease

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Intracellular Ca2+ accumulation is strain-dependent and correlates with apoptosis in aortic valve fibroblasts

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Elevated Cyclic Stretch Induces Aortic Valve Calcification in a Bone Morphogenic Protein-Dependent Manner

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Role of the Rho pathway in regulating valvular interstitial cell phenotype and nodule formation

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β-Catenin Mediates Mechanically Regulated, Transforming Growth Factor-β1–Induced Myofibroblast Differentiation of Aortic Valve Interstitial Cells

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Applying controlled non-uniform deformation for in vitro studies of cell mechanobiology

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Microstructural and biomechanical alterations of the human aorta as a function of age and location

(2010) Darren Haskett et al.   Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology

Hemodynamic Environments from Opposing Sides of Human Aortic Valve Leaflets Evoke Distinct Endothelial Phenotypes In Vitro

(2010) Eli J. Weinberg et al.   Cardiovascular engineering (Dordrecht, Netherlands)

Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2011 Update

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Identification and Characterization of Aortic Valve Mesenchymal Progenitor Cells with Robust Osteogenic Calcification Potential

(2009) Jan-Hung Chen et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY

Elevated cyclic stretch alters matrix remodeling in aortic valve cusps: implications for degenerative aortic valve disease

(2009) Kartik Balachandran et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-HEART AND CIRCULATORY PHYSIOLOGY

Role of the MAPK/ERK pathway in valvular interstitial cell calcification

(2009) Xiaoxiao Gu et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-HEART AND CIRCULATORY PHYSIOLOGY

Mechanisms of aortic valve calcification: the LDL-density-radius theory: a translation from cell signaling to physiology

(2009) Nalini M. Rajamannan   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-HEART AND CIRCULATORY PHYSIOLOGY

Calcification by Valve Interstitial Cells Is Regulated by the Stiffness of the Extracellular Matrix

(2009) Cindy Ying Yin Yip et al.   ARTERIOSCLEROSIS THROMBOSIS AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY

Statins Block Calcific Nodule Formation of Valvular Interstitial Cells by Inhibiting α-Smooth Muscle Actin Expression

(2009) Julie A. Benton et al.   ARTERIOSCLEROSIS THROMBOSIS AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY

Mechano-potential etiologies of aortic valve disease

(2009) W. David Merryman   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

A Computational Model of Aging and Calcification in the Aortic Heart Valve

(2009) Eli J. Weinberg et al.   PLoS One

Inhibition of calcifying nodule formation in cultured porcine aortic valve cells by nitric oxide donors

(2008) Jennifer A. Kennedy et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY

Regulation of valvular interstitial cell calcification by components of the extracellular matrix

(2008) Karien J. Rodriguez et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH PART A

Fibrogenic fibroblasts increase intercellular adhesion strength by reinforcing individual OB-cadherin bonds

(2008) P. Pittet et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Myofibroblast communication is controlled by intercellular mechanical coupling

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