Scar myofibroblasts of the infarcted rat
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Angelino Calderone; Samar Bel-Hadj; Jessica Drapeau; Viviane El-Helou; Hugues Go
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Article
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2006
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract The present study examined whether natriuretic peptide expression in the scar of postβmyocardial infarcted (MI) rats was derived at least in part by residing myofibroblasts. ANP and BNP mRNA levels were significantly increased in the nonβinfarcted left ventricle and scar of 1βweek postβ