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Targeted activation of c-Jun N-terminal kinase in vivo induces restrictive cardiomyopathy and conduction defects.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 9 Apr 2004
Petrich Brian G, Eloff Benjamin C, Lerner Deborah L, Kovacs Attila, Saffitz Jeffrey E, Rosenbaum David S, Wang Yibin
Abstract excerpt
The stress-activated protein kinase, c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK), has been implicated in the process of cardiac hypertrophy and apoptosis, yet the specific roles of JNK in heart failure are unclear. To determine the effects of JNK activation in intact heart, we established transgenic animals using a Cre/loxP-mediated gene switch approach to achieve targeted expression of an upstream activator, mitogen-activated...
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