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Expression and function of mechanosensitive ion channels in human valve interstitial cells.

Hessah Al-ShammariNajma LatifPadmini SarathchandraAnn McCormackEva A Rog-ZielinskaShahzad RajaPeter KohlMagdi H YacoubRémi PeyronnetAdrian H Chester
Published in: PloS one (2020)
Aortic VIC express a range of MSC that play a role in functional responses of these cells to mechanical stimulation. MSC expression levels differ in calcified and non-calcified valves in ways that are in part compatible with the change in expression seen between VIC phenotypes. These changes in MSC expression, and associated alterations in the ability of VIC to respond to their mechanical environment, may form novel targets for intervention during aortic valvulopathies.
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