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Atorvastatin attenuates sympathetic hyperinnervation together with the augmentation of M2 macrophages in rats postmyocardial infarction.
Cardiovascular therapeutics - 1 Aug 2016
Yang Na, Cheng Wenjuan, Hu Hesheng, Xue Mei, Li Xiaolu, Wang Ye, Xuan Yongli, Li Xinran, Yin Jie, Shi Yugen, Yan Suhua
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OBJECTIVES: Inflammation after myocardial infarction (MI) causes cardiac nerve sprouting and consequent ventricular arrhythmias (VAs). Macrophages, as major immune cells, are involved in the entire inflammation response process and serve as a link between inflammation and sympathetic hyperinnervation by regulating nerve growth factor (NGF) expression. Accumulating evidence shows that statins possess...
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