期刊
ADVANCED DRUG DELIVERY REVIEWS
卷 146, 期 -, 页码 77-82出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2019.05.011
关键词
Cardiac ECM; Fibrosis; Myocardium; Collagen
资金
- Medical Faculty of the Eberhard Karls University Tubingen
- NMI Reutlingen
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [SCHE 701/14-1]
- Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts of Baden-Wurttemberg [33-729.55-3/214]
Fibrotic diseases cause annually more than 800.000 deaths worldwide, whereof the majority accounts for lung and cardiac fibrosis. A pathological remodeling of the extracellular matrix either due to ageing or as a result of an injury or disease leads to fibrotic scars. In the heart, these scars cause several cardiac dysfunctions either by reducing the ejection fraction due to a stiffened myocardial matrix, or by impairing electric conductance, or they can even lead to death. Today it is known that there are several different types of cardiac scars depending on the underlying cause of fibrosis. In this review, we present an overview of what is known about cardiac fibrosis including the role of cardiac cells and extracellular matrix in this disease. We will further summarize current diagnostic tools and highlight pre-clinical or clinical therapeutic strategies to address cardiac fibrosis. (C) 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.
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