| Literature DB >> 27723133 |
Yi Li1, Xiaoli Shi2,3, Lei Tian1, Hongyu Sun4, Yujing Wu1, Xia Li5, Jianjun Li2,3, Yujie Wei1, Xinxiao Han2,3, Jiao Zhang1, Xiaowei Jia1, Rui Bai1, Limin Jing1, Peng Ding1, Huiliang Liu1, Dong Han2,3.
Abstract
A schematic for the mechanism of accelerating the assembly of intercalated discs (IDs) in cardiac myocytes regulated by gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) is presented. AuNPs with local nanoscale stiffness in the substrate activate β1-integrin signaling, which mediates the activation of integrin-linked kinase (ILK) and its downstream signal kinase by stimulating expression of the transcription factors GATA4 and MEF-2c.Entities:
Keywords: cardiac-tissue engineering; gold nanoparticles; intercalated discs; localized stiffness; β1-integrin
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27723133 DOI: 10.1002/adma.201603027
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Adv Mater ISSN: 0935-9648 Impact factor: 30.849