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Signaling to cardiac hypertrophy: insights from human and mouse RASopathies.
Molecular medicine (Cambridge, Mass.) - 7 Sept 2012
Sala Valentina, Gallo Simona, Leo Christian, Gatti Stefano, Gelb Bruce D, Crepaldi Tiziana
Abstract excerpt
Cardiac hypertrophy is the heart's response to a variety of extrinsic and intrinsic stimuli, some of which might finally lead up to a maladaptive state. An integral part of the pathogenesis of the hypertrophic cardiomyopathy disease (HCM) is the activation of the rat sarcoma (RAS)/RAF/MEK (mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase)/MAPK (mitogen-activated protein kinase) cascade. Therefore, the molecular signaling...
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