| Literature DB >> 18729419 |
Patrick N Sisco1, Christopher G Wilson, Ekaterina Mironova, Sarah C Baxter, Catherine J Murphy, Edie C Goldsmith.
Abstract
Cardiac fibroblasts, the noncontractile cells of the heart, contribute to myocardial maintenance through the deposition, degradation, and organization of collagen. Adding polyelectrolyte-coated gold nanorods to three-dimensional constructs composed of collagen and cardiac fibroblasts reduced contraction and altered the expression of mRNAs encoding beta-actin, alpha-smooth muscle actin, and collagen type I. These data show that nanomaterials can modulate cell-mediated matrix remodeling and suggest that the targeted delivery of nanomaterials can be applied for antifibrotic therapies.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18729419 PMCID: PMC2651024 DOI: 10.1021/nl802142h
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nano Lett ISSN: 1530-6984 Impact factor: 11.189