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Piezo1 Mechanosensitive Ion Channel Mediates Stretch-Induced Nppb Expression in Adult Rat Cardiac Fibroblasts by Ploeg, Meike C., Munts, Chantal, Prinzen, Frits W., Turner, Neil A., van Bilsen, Marc, van Nieuwenhoven, Frans A.

“…In response to stretch, cardiac tissue produces natriuretic peptides, which have been suggested to have beneficial effects in heart failure patients. In the…”
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Culturing of Cardiac Fibroblasts in Engineered Heart Matrix Reduces Myofibroblast Differentiation but Maintains Their Response to Cyclic Stretch and Transforming Growth Factor β1 by Ploeg, Meike C, Munts, Chantal, Seddiqi, Tayeba, ten Brink, Tim J. L, Breemhaar, Jonathan, Moroni, Lorenzo, Prinzen, Frits. W, van Nieuwenhoven, Frans. A

“…Isolation and culturing of cardiac fibroblasts (CF) induces rapid differentiation toward a myofibroblast phenotype, which is partly mediated by the high…”
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