Extracellular matrix alterations in the atria: insights into the mechanisms and perpetuation of atrial fibrillation

Transforming growth factor-β and oxidative stress mediate tachycardia-induced cellular remodelling in cultured atrial-derived myocytes

(2011) Yung-Hsin Yeh et al.   CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH

Elevated Expression of Connective Tissue Growth Factor in Human Atrial Fibrillation and Angiotensin II-Treated Cardiomyocytes

(2011) Wen-Chin Ko et al.   CIRCULATION JOURNAL

Upstream therapies for management of atrial fibrillation: review of clinical evidence and implications for European Society of Cardiology guidelines. Part I: primary prevention

(2011) I. Savelieva et al.   EUROPACE

Upstream therapies for management of atrial fibrillation: review of clinical evidence and implications for European Society of Cardiology guidelines. Part II: secondary prevention

(2011) I. Savelieva et al.   EUROPACE

Post-operative atrial fibrillation: a maze of mechanisms

(2011) B. Maesen et al.   EUROPACE

Increased lysyl oxidase expression and collagen cross-linking during atrial fibrillation

(2011) Oliver Adam et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR CARDIOLOGY

Tachycardia of atrial myocytes induces collagen expression in atrial fibroblasts through transforming growth factor  1

(2010) C.-T. Tsai et al.   CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH

Relations of Biomarkers of Distinct Pathophysiological Pathways and Atrial Fibrillation Incidence in the Community

(2010) Renate B. Schnabel et al.   CIRCULATION

Recruitment of Immune Cells Across Atrial Endocardium in Human Atrial Fibrillation

(2010) Takeshi Yamashita et al.   CIRCULATION JOURNAL

Oxidative Stress on Pulmonary Vein and Left Atrium Arrhythmogenesis

(2010) Yung-Kuo Lin et al.   CIRCULATION JOURNAL

High Plasma Concentrations of Transforming Growth Factor-β and Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1

(2010) Sook Kyoung Kim et al.   CIRCULATION JOURNAL

Rac1 and Connective Tissue Growth Factor

(2010) James K. Liao   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Rac1-Induced Connective Tissue Growth Factor Regulates Connexin 43 and N-Cadherin Expression in Atrial Fibrillation

(2010) Oliver Adam et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Assessment of Conventional Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Multiple Biomarkers for the Prediction of Incident Heart Failure and Atrial Fibrillation

(2010) J. Gustav Smith et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

The role of connexin40 in atrial fibrillation

(2009) S.-M. Chaldoupi et al.   CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH

Global Gene Expression Profiling in the Failing Myocardium

(2009) Masanori Asakura et al.   CIRCULATION JOURNAL

Reactive oxidative metabolites are associated with atrial conduction disturbance in patients with atrial fibrillation

(2009) Masayuki Shimano et al.   HEART RHYTHM

Atrial fibrosis and atrial fibrillation: The role of the TGF-β1 signaling pathway

(2009) Felix Gramley et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Cardiac mast cells cause atrial fibrillation through PDGF-A–mediated fibrosis in pressure-overloaded mouse hearts

(2009) Chien-hui Liao et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Connective Tissue Growth Factor Overexpression in Cardiomyocytes Promotes Cardiac Hypertrophy and Protection against Pressure Overload

(2009) Anna N. Panek et al.   PLoS One

Increased Inflammatory Cell Infiltration in the Atrial Myocardium of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation

(2008) Mien-Cheng Chen et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Information Learned from Animal Models of Atrial Fibrillation

(2008) J. Emanuel Finet et al.   CARDIOLOGY CLINICS

Matrix metalloproteinase-9/tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinase-1 expression and atrial structural remodeling in a dog model of atrial fibrillation: inhibition with angiotensin-converting enzyme

(2008) Wei Zhang et al.   CARDIOVASCULAR PATHOLOGY

Angiotensin II Receptor Blockade Reduces Tachycardia-Induced Atrial Adhesion Molecule Expression

(2008) Andreas Goette et al.   CIRCULATION

Regulation and function of connective tissue growth factor/CCN2 in tissue repair, scarring and fibrosis

(2008) Xu Shi-Wen et al.   CYTOKINE & GROWTH FACTOR REVIEWS

Atrial fibrillation down-regulates renal neutral endopeptidase expression and induces profibrotic pathways in the kidney

(2008) A. Bukowska et al.   EUROPACE

Source of inflammatory markers in patients with atrial fibrillation

(2008) I. Liuba et al.   EUROPACE

Pre-ablative predictors of atrial fibrillation recurrence following pulmonary vein isolation: the potential role of inflammation

(2008) K. P. Letsas et al.   EUROPACE

Inflammation in lone atrial fibrillation: New insights by coronary sinus thermography

(2008) Konstantinos Toutouzas et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY

Matrix Metalloproteinase Inhibition Attenuates Atrial Remodeling and Vulnerability to Atrial Fibrillation in a Canine Model of Heart Failure

(2008) Gordon W. Moe et al.   JOURNAL OF CARDIAC FAILURE

AGEs-RAGE System Mediates Atrial Structural Remodeling in the Diabetic Rat

(2008) TAKESHI KATO et al.   JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY

Upregulation of matrix metalloproteinase-9 and tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases in rapid atrial pacing-induced atrial fibrillation

(2008) Chien-Lung Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR CARDIOLOGY

Endothelin-1 induces connective tissue growth factor expression in cardiomyocytes

(2008) Anna Grazia Recchia et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR CARDIOLOGY

Mechanisms of perpetuation of atrial fibrillation in chronically dilated atria

(2008) Jens Eckstein et al.   PROGRESS IN BIOPHYSICS & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY