Transgenic overexpression of macrophage matrix metalloproteinase-9 exacerbates age-related cardiac hypertrophy, vessel rarefaction, inflammation, and fibrosis - Toba, Hiroe; Cannon, Presley L.; Yabluchanskiy, Andriy; Iyer, Rugmani Padmanabhan; D’Armiento, Jeanine; Lindsey, Merry L. (American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology, 2017)
Keywords: Aging; Aging - pathology; Animals; Blood Vessels - physiopathology; Cardiomegaly - diagnostic imaging; Cardiomegaly - genetics; Cardiomegaly - physiopathology; Cardiovascular disease; Cell Size; Collagen - metabolism; Echocardiography; Enzymes; Female; Fibrosis; Genes; Genotype & phenotype; Heart Ventricles - pathology; Humans; Inflammation - physiopathology; Macrophages; Male; Matrix Metalloproteinase 9 - genetics; Mice; Mice, Inbred C57BL; Mice, Transgenic; Myocytes, Cardiac - pathology; Risk factors; aging; inflammation; MMP-9; heart