title: The pathogenesis of cardiac fibrosis.
abstract: Cardiac fibrosis is characterized by net accumulation of extracellular matrix proteins in the cardiac interstitium, and contributes to both systolic and diastolic dysfunction in many cardiac pathophysiologic conditions. This review discusses the cellular effectors and molecular pathways implicated in the pathogenesis of cardiac fibrosis. Although activated myofibroblasts are the main effector cells in the fibrotic heart, monocytes/macrophages, lymphocytes, mast cells, vascular cells and cardiomyocytes may also contribute to the fibrotic response by secreting key fibrogenic mediators. Inflammatory cytokines and chemokines, reactive oxygen species, mast cell-derived proteases, endothelin-1, the renin/angiotensin/aldosterone system, matricellular proteins, and growth factors (such as TGF-β and PDGF) are some of the best-studied mediators implicated in cardiac fibrosis. Both experimental and clinical evidence suggests that cardiac fibrotic alterations may be reversible. Understanding the mechanisms responsible for initiation, progression, and resolution of cardiac fibrosis is crucial to design anti-fibrotic treatment strategies for patients with heart disease.
authors: The Wilf Family Cardiovascular Research Institute, Department of Medicine (Cardiology), Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue Forchheimer G46B, Bronx, NY, 10461, USA.
authors: Ping
authors: P
authors: Kong
authors: Panagiota
authors: P
authors: Christia
authors: Nikolaos G
authors: NG
authors: Frangogiannis
mesh_terms: D000809:Angiotensins / Q000276:immunology; D000818:Animals; D016207:Cytokines / Q000276:immunology; D005355:Fibrosis / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008264:Macrophages / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D008407:Mast Cells / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D009206:Myocardium / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology*; D058628:Myofibroblasts / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D000809:Angiotensins; D016207:Cytokines
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