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Activated T Lymphocytes are Essential Drivers of Pathological Remodeling in Ischemic Heart Failure.
Circulation. Heart failure - 1 Mar 2017
Bansal Shyam S, Ismahil Mohamed Ameen, Goel Mehak, Patel Bindiya, Hamid Tariq, Rokosh Gregg, Prabhu Sumanth D
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BACKGROUND: Inappropriately sustained inflammation is a hallmark of chronic ischemic heart failure (HF); however, the pathophysiological role of T lymphocytes is unclear. METHODS AND RESULTS: Permanent coronary ligation was performed in adult C57BL/6 mice. When compared with sham-operated mice, mice with HF (8 weeks after ligation) exhibited the following features: (1) significant (P<0.05) expansion of...
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