Absence of type VI collagen paradoxically improves cardiac function, structure, and remodeling after myocardial infarction Article (Faculty180)

cited authors

  • Luther, Daniel J; Thodeti, Charles K; Shamhart, Patricia E; Adapala, Ravi K; Hodnichak, Cheryl; Weihrauch, Dorothee; Bonaldo, Paolo; Chilian, William M; Meszaros, J Gar G

description

  • We previously reported that type VI collagen deposition increases in the infarcted myocardium in vivo. To date, a specific role for this nonfibrillar collagen has not been explored in the setting of myocardial infarction (MI).

authors

publication date

  • 2012

published in

start page

  • 851

end page

  • 6

volume

  • 110