The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 138, Issue 4 , Pages 1008-1015.e1 , October 2009

Bone morphogenic protein 2 induces Runx2 and osteopontin expression in human aortic valve interstitial cells: Role of Smad1 and extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2

Received 16 March 2009 ,Revised 20 May 2009 ,Accepted 20 June 2009.

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 Supported in part by American Heart Association grant 0850148Z.

PII: S0022-5223(09)00878-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.06.024

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 138, Issue 4 , Pages 1008-1015.e1 , October 2009

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