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Vascular endothelium derived endothelin-1 is required for normal heart function after chronic pressure overload in mice.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Heiden Susi, Vignon-Zellweger Nicolas, Masuda Shigeru, Yagi Keiko, Nakayama Kazuhiko, Yanagisawa Masashi, Emoto Noriaki
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BACKGROUND: Endothelin-1 participates in the pathophysiology of heart failure. The reasons for the lack of beneficial effect of endothelin antagonists in heart failure patients remain however speculative. The anti-apoptotic properties of ET-1 on cardiomyocytes could be a reasonable explanation. We therefore hypothesized that blocking the pro-apoptotic TNF-α pathway using pentoxifylline could prevent the...
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