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Left-sided cardiac valvulitis in tristetraprolin-deficient mice: the role of tumor necrosis factor alpha.
The American journal of pathology - 1 Mar 2010
Ghosh Sanjukta, Hoenerhoff Mark J, Clayton Natasha, Myers Page, Stumpo Deborah J, Maronpot Robert R, Blackshear Perry J
Abstract excerpt
Inflammation may play a role in the etiology of both degenerative and rheumatic cardiac valve diseases. We report here that mice deficient in tristetraprolin (TTP), a protein with known anti-inflammatory functions, develop severe left-sided cardiac valvulitis. TTP is an mRNA binding protein that inhibits inflammation by destabilizing the mRNA encoding tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF). This leads in turn to a...
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