title: Has the search for a marker of activated fibroblasts finally come to an end?
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Matthijs Blankesteijn
mesh_terms: D000199:Actins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000378:metabolism; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D000070818:Discoidin Domain Receptors; D053331:Ectodysplasins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D004719:Endomyocardial Fibrosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D010450:Endopeptidases; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D018093:Gelatinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006801:Humans; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D058628:Myofibroblasts / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D011393:Procollagen-Proline Dioxygenase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011975:Receptors, Mitogen / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D000071999:S100 Calcium-Binding Protein A4; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D018800:Thy-1 Antigens / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D014746:Vimentin / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D000099167:Fibroblast Activation Protein Alpha
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; D015415:Biomarkers; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules; D000070818:Discoidin Domain Receptors; D053331:Ectodysplasins; D010450:Endopeptidases; D018093:Gelatinases; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D011393:Procollagen-Proline Dioxygenase; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D011975:Receptors, Mitogen; D000071999:S100 Calcium-Binding Protein A4; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases; D018800:Thy-1 Antigens; D014746:Vimentin; D000099167:Fibroblast Activation Protein Alpha; C541116:ACTA2 protein, human; C506018:EDA protein, human; C512835:POSTN protein, human; C077591:S100A4 protein, human; C510863:P4HA1 protein, human
keywords: Cardiac fibrosis; Fibroblast activating protein; Marker; Myofibroblast; Proto-myofibroblast