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High circulating levels of large splice variants of tenascin-C is associated with mortality and cardiovascular disease in chronic kidney disease patients.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Mar 2011
Liabeuf Sophie, Barreto Daniela V, Kretschmer Axel, Barreto Fellype C, Renard Cédric, Andrejak Michel, Choukroun Gabriel, Massy Ziad
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OBJECTIVES: Tenascin-C (TN-C) is an adhesion-modulating extracellular matrix glycoprotein which is overexpressed in various organs under disease conditions (infection and inflammation). In patients with heart disease, plasma TN-C levels have been shown to be predictive of cardiac remodeling. Chro...
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