Human aortic valve interstitial cells obtained from patients with aortic valve stenosis are vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 positive and contribute to ectopic calcification

• Main Authors: Xu Liu (Author), Zaiqiang Yu (Author), Kazuyuki Daitoku (Author), Ikuo Fukuda (Author), Shigeru Motomura (Author), Tomoh Matsumiya (Author), Tadaatsu Imaizumi (Author), Ken-Ichi Furukawa (Author), Kazuhiko Seya (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2021-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Since aortic valve stenosis (AVS) is the most frequent and serious valvular heart disease in the elderly, and is accompanied by irreversible valve calcification, medicinal prevention of AVS is important. Although we recently demonstrated that human aortic valve interstitial cells (HAVICs) obtained f...