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Impaired macrophage migration inhibitory factor-AMP-activated protein kinase activation and ischemic recovery in the senescent heart.
Circulation - 20 Jul 2010
Ma Heng, Wang Jingying, Thomas D Paul, Tong Chao, Leng Lin, Wang Wenkui, Merk Melanie, Zierow Swen, Bernhagen Jürgen, Ren Jun, Bucala Richard, Li Ji
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BACKGROUND: Elderly patients are more sensitive than younger patients to myocardial ischemia, which results in higher mortality. We investigated how aging affects the cardioprotective AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) signaling pathway. METHODS AND RESULTS: Ischemic AMPK activation was impaired in aged compared with young murine hearts. The expression and secretion of the AMPK upstream regulator, macrophage...
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