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Genetic manipulation of periostin expression reveals a role in cardiac hypertrophy and ventricular remodeling.
Circulation research - 3 Aug 2007
Oka Toru, Xu Jian, Kaiser Robert A, Melendez Jaime, Hambleton Michael, Sargent Michelle A, Lorts Angela, Brunskill Eric W, Dorn Gerald W, Conway Simon J, Aronow Bruce J, Robbins Jeffrey, Molkentin Jeffery D
Abstract excerpt
The cardiac extracellular matrix is a dynamic structural support network that is both influenced by, and a regulator of, pathological remodeling and hypertrophic growth. In response to pathologic insults, the adult heart reexpresses the secreted extracellular matrix protein periostin (Pn). Here w...
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