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SUBMITTER: Park S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7251193 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Park Shuin S Ranjbarvaziri Sara S Zhao Peng P Ardehali Reza R
JACC. Basic to translational science 20200415 5
Cardiac fibrosis is a pathological process associated with various forms of heart failure. This study identified latent transforming growth factor-β binding protein 2, cartilage oligomeric matrix protein, and cartilage intermediate layer protein 1 as potential biomarkers for cardiac fibrosis. All 3 encoded proteins showed increased expression in fibroblasts after transforming growth factor-β stimulation in vitro and localized specifically to fibrotic regions in vivo. Of the 3, only the full-leng ...[more]