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Targeted deletion of ROCK1 protects the heart against pressure overload by inhibiting reactive fibrosis.
FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology - 1 May 2006
Zhang Ying-Min, Bo Jacqueline, Taffet George E, Chang Jiang, Shi Jianjian, Reddy Anilkumar K, Michael Lloyd H, Schneider Michael D, Entman Mark L, Schwartz Robert J, Wei Lei
Abstract excerpt
Ventricular myocyte hypertrophy is an important compensatory growth response to pressure overload. However, pathophysiological cardiac hypertrophy is accompanied by reactive fibrosis and remodeling. The Rho kinase family, consisting of ROCK1 and ROCK2, has been implicated in cardiac hypertrophy a...
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