Cardiac Wound Healing Post-Myocardial Infarction: a Novel Method to Target Extracellular Matrix Remodeling in the Left Ventricle

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

1-1-2013

Keywords

Cardiac wound healing, Decellularization, Extracellular matrix, Inflammation, Matrix metalloproteinases, Mice, Myocardial infarction

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-62703-505-7_18

Abstract

Myocardial infarction (MI) is a leading cause of death worldwide. Permanent ligation of the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) is a commonly used surgical model to study post-MI effects in mice. LAD occlusion induces a robust wound healing response that includes extracellular matrix (ECM) remodeling. This chapter provides a detailed guide on the surgical procedure to permanently ligate the LAD. Additionally, we describe a prototype method to enrich cardiac tissue for ECM, which allows one to focus on ECM remodeling in the left ventricle following surgically induced MI in mice.

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Citation / Publisher Attribution

Cardiac Wound Healing Post-Myocardial Infarction: a Novel Method to Target Extracellular Matrix Remodeling in the Left Ventricle, in R. Gourdie & T. Myers (Eds.), Wound Regeneration and Repair. Methods in Molecular Biology (Methods and Protocols), Springer, v. 1037, p. 313-324

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