ADAMTS5 Deficiency in Calcified Aortic Valves Is Associated with Elevated Pro-Osteogenic Activity in Valvular Interstitial Cells

  • Fei Li
  • , Rui Song
  • , Lihua Ao
  • , T. Brett Reece
  • , Joseph C. Cleveland
  • , Nianguo Dong
  • , David A. Fullerton
  • , Xianzhong Meng

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1339-1351
Number of pages13
JournalArteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology
Volume37
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 1 2017
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

Keywords

  • actin
  • aortic valve
  • aortic valve stenosis
  • extracellular matrix
  • signal transduction
  • Toll-Like Receptor 4/genetics
  • ADAMTS5 Protein/deficiency
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Transfection
  • RNA Interference
  • Myofibroblasts/enzymology
  • Adult
  • Cell Transdifferentiation
  • Matrilin Proteins/metabolism
  • Calcinosis/enzymology
  • Actins/genetics
  • Signal Transduction
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Toll-Like Receptor 2/genetics
  • NFATC Transcription Factors/genetics
  • Core Binding Factor Alpha 1 Subunit/metabolism
  • Phenotype
  • Aortic Valve Stenosis/enzymology
  • Aortic Valve/enzymology
  • Aged
  • NF-kappa B/metabolism
  • Alkaline Phosphatase/metabolism
  • Osteogenesis

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