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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Vishal Nigam
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-49558 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 20150128 5
Bicuspid aortic valves calcify at a significantly higher rate than normal aortic valves, a process that involves increased inflammation. Because we have previously found that bicuspid aortic valve experience greater stretch, we investigated the potential connection between stretch and inflammation in human aortic valve interstitial cells (AVICs). Microarray, quantitative PCR (qPCR), and protein assays performed on AVICs exposed to cyclic stretch showed that stretch was sufficient to increase exp ...[more]