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Targeted overexpression of noncleavable and secreted forms of tumor necrosis factor provokes disparate cardiac phenotypes.
Circulation - 20 Jan 2004
Diwan Abhinav, Dibbs Ziad, Nemoto Shintaro, DeFreitas Gilberto, Carabello Blase A, Sivasubramanian Natarajan, Wilson Eric M, Spinale Francis G, Mann Douglas L
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BACKGROUND: Recent studies suggest that posttranslation processing or "shedding" (ie, secretion) of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) by tumor necrosis factor-alpha converting enzyme (TACE) may contribute to the left ventricular (LV) remodeling that occurs in the failing human heart. METHODS AND RESULTS: To address the functional significance of TNF shedding, we generated lines of transgenic mice with targeted...
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