Search Results - "Norris, Russell A"
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The Living Scar – Cardiac Fibroblasts and the Injured Heart
Published in Trends in molecular medicine (01-02-2016)“…Cardiac scars, often dubbed ‘dead tissue’, are very much alive, with heterocellular activity contributing to the maintenance of structural and mechanical…”
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Co-occurrence of tethered cord syndrome and cervical spine instability in hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
Published in Frontiers in neurology (17-07-2024)“…The Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes (EDS) represent a group of hereditary connective tissue disorders, with the hypermobile subtype (hEDS) being the most prevalent…”
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Descriptors of Cytochrome Inhibitors and Useful Machine Learning Based Methods for the Design of Safer Drugs
Published in Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) (17-05-2021)“…Roughly 2.8% of annual hospitalizations are a result of adverse drug interactions in the United States, representing more than 245,000 hospitalizations…”
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Epicardially derived fibroblasts preferentially contribute to the parietal leaflets of the atrioventricular valves in the murine heart
Published in Developmental biology (15-06-2012)“…The importance of the epicardium for myocardial and valvuloseptal development has been well established; perturbation of epicardial development results in…”
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Mitral Valve Prolapse and Its Motley Crew-Syndromic Prevalence, Pathophysiology, and Progression of a Common Heart Condition
Published in Journal of the American Heart Association (06-07-2021)“…Mitral valve prolapse (MVP) is a commonly occurring heart condition defined by enlargement and superior displacement of the mitral valve leaflet(s) during…”
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The exocyst is required for photoreceptor ciliogenesis and retinal development
Published in The Journal of biological chemistry (08-09-2017)“…We previously have shown that the highly conserved eight-protein exocyst trafficking complex is required for ciliogenesis in kidney tubule cells. We…”
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Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and spontaneous CSF leaks: the connective tissue conundrum
Published in Frontiers in neurology (17-07-2024)“…Collagen, the most abundant protein in the body, is a key component of the extracellular matrix (ECM), which plays a crucial role in the structure and support…”
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Periostin regulates collagen fibrillogenesis and the biomechanical properties of connective tissues
Published in Journal of cellular biochemistry (01-06-2007)“…Periostin is predominantly expressed in collagen‐rich fibrous connective tissues that are subjected to constant mechanical stresses including: heart valves,…”
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Periostin mediates vascular smooth muscle cell migration through the integrins ανβ3 and ανβ5 and focal adhesion kinase (FAK) pathway
Published in Atherosclerosis (01-02-2010)“…Abstract Smooth muscle cell (SMC) migration involves interactions of integrin receptors with extracellular matrix (ECM) and is an important process of…”
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Mitral Valve Prolapse Induces Regionalized Myocardial Fibrosis
Published in Journal of the American Heart Association (21-12-2021)“…Background Mitral valve prolapse (MVP) is one of the most common forms of cardiac valve disease and affects 2% to 3% of the population. Previous imaging…”
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Periostin promotes atrioventricular mesenchyme matrix invasion and remodeling mediated by integrin signaling through Rho/PI 3-kinase
Published in Developmental biology (01-02-2007)“…Recent evidence suggests that extracellular matrix components may play a signaling role in embryonic valve development. We have previously identified the…”
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BMP-2 induces cell migration and periostin expression during atrioventricular valvulogenesis
Published in Developmental biology (15-03-2008)“…Atrioventricular (AV) endocardium transforms into the cushion mesenchyme, the primordia of the valves and membranous septa, through epithelial–mesenchymal…”
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Application of Pharmacokinetic Prediction Platforms in the Design of Optimized Anti-Cancer Drugs
Published in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) (08-06-2022)“…Cancer is the second most common cause of death in the United States, accounting for 602,350 deaths in 2020. Cancer-related death rates have declined by 27%…”
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Characterization of Green Fluorescent Protein in Heart Valves of a Transgenic Swine Model for Partial Heart Transplant Research
Published in Journal of cardiovascular development and disease (01-06-2023)“…A transgenic strain of pigs was created to express green fluorescent protein (GFP) ubiquitously using a pCAGG promoter. Here, we characterize GFP expression in…”
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Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in Porcine Aortic Valvular Endothelial and Interstitial Cells
Published in Journal of cardiovascular development and disease (01-10-2023)“…Ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) in the myocardium has been thoroughly researched, especially in acute coronary syndrome and heart transplantation. However,…”
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The C-C Chemokine Receptor Type 4 Is an Immunomodulatory Target of Hydroxychloroquine
Published in Frontiers in pharmacology (28-08-2020)“…The emergence of a severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19) in China, reported to the World Health Organization on December 31,…”
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Collagen Fibrillogenesis in the Mitral Valve: It's a Matter of Compliance
Published in Journal of cardiovascular development and disease (20-08-2021)“…Collagen fibers are essential structural components of mitral valve leaflets, their tension apparatus (chordae tendineae), and the associated papillary…”
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The many facets of the matricelluar protein periostin during cardiac development, remodeling, and pathophysiology
Published in Journal of cell communication and signaling (01-12-2009)“…Periostin is a member of a growing family of matricellular proteins, defined by their ability to interact with components of the extracellular milieu, and with…”
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Tugging at the Heart Strings: The Septin Cytoskeleton in Heart Development and Disease
Published in Journal of cardiovascular development and disease (09-01-2020)“…Septin genes were originally identified in budding yeast in 1971. Since their original discovery, at least 13 mammalian genes have now been found, which give…”
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Histopathological insights into mitral valve prolapse-induced fibrosis
Published in Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine (07-03-2023)“…Mitral valve prolapse (MVP) is a cardiac valve disease that not only affects the mitral valve (MV), provoking mitral regurgitation, but also leads to…”
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