Transforming growth factor-β: governing the transition from inflammation to fibrosis in heart failure with preserved left ventricular function

Circ Heart Fail. 2011 Jan;4(1):5-7. doi: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.110.960054.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Biopsy
  • Collagen / metabolism
  • Disease Progression*
  • Fibrosis
  • Heart Failure / metabolism*
  • Humans
  • Inflammation / metabolism*
  • Matrix Metalloproteinase 1 / metabolism
  • Myocardium / metabolism*
  • Myocardium / pathology*
  • Stroke Volume / physiology
  • Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1 / metabolism
  • Transforming Growth Factor beta / metabolism*
  • Ventricular Function, Left / physiology*

Substances

  • Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1
  • Transforming Growth Factor beta
  • Collagen
  • Matrix Metalloproteinase 1