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The activation of p38 alpha, and not p38 beta, mitogen-activated protein kinase is required for ischemic preconditioning.
Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology - 1 Jun 2010
Sicard Pierre, Clark James E, Jacquet Sebastien, Mohammadi Shahrooz, Arthur J Simon C, O'Keefe Stephen J, Marber Michael S
Abstract excerpt
Numerous studies show that pharmacological inhibition of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinases (p38s) before lethal ischemia prevents conditioning. However, these inhibitors have off-target effects and do not discriminate between the alpha and beta isoforms; the activation of which is thought to have diverse and perhaps opposing actions with p38 alpha aggravating, and p38 beta reducing, myocardial injury. We...
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