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Cardiac CRFR1 Expression Is Elevated in Human Heart Failure and Modulated by Genetic Variation and Alternative Splicing.
Endocrinology - 1 Dec 2016
Pilbrow Anna P, Lewis Kathy A, Perrin Marilyn H, Sweet Wendy E, Moravec Christine S, Tang W H Wilson, Huising Mark O, Troughton Richard W, Cameron Vicky A
Abstract excerpt
Corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) and the CRF-related peptides, urocortin (Ucn)-1, Ucn2, and Ucn3 signal through receptors CRFR1 and CRFR2 to restore homeostasis in response to stress. The Ucns exert potent cardioprotective effects and may have clinical utility in heart failure. To explore the activity of this system in the heart, we measured the levels of myocardial gene expression of the CRF/Ucn family of...
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