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Distinct Regulation of Developmental and Heart Disease–Induced Atrial Natriuretic Factor Expression by Two Separate Distal Sequences
15 Feb 2008
Abstract excerpt
Nppa, encoding atrial natriuretic factor, is expressed in fetal atrial and ventricular myocardium and is downregulated in the ventricles after birth. During hypertrophy and heart failure, Nppa expression is reactivated in the ventricles and serves as a highly conserved marker of heart disease. The Nppa promoter has become a frequently used model to study mechanisms of cardiac gene regulation. Nevertheless, the...
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