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Rho/ROCK pathway contributes to the activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase/GATA-4 during myocardial cell hypertrophy.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 8 Mar 2002
Yanazume Tetsuhiko, Hasegawa Koji, Wada Hiromichi, Morimoto Tatsuya, Abe Mitsuru, Kawamura Teruhisa, Sasayama Shigetake
Abstract excerpt
The low molecular weight GTPase Rho mediates a variety of cytoskeleton-dependent cell functions and stretch- and G(q) protein-induced hypertrophic responses in cardiac myocytes. Although ROCK, one of Rho's effectors, has been suggested to mediate hypertrophic signals, the relationship of Rho/ROCK with downstream signals is unknown. A zinc finger transcription factor, GATA-4, is activated by extracellular...
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