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Osteopontin RNA aptamer can prevent and reverse pressure overload-induced heart failure.
Cardiovascular research - 1 May 2017
Li Jihe, Yousefi Keyvan, Ding Wen, Singh Jayanti, Shehadeh Lina A
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AIMS: Cardiac myocyte hypertrophy, the main compensatory response to chronic stress in the heart often progresses to a state of decompensation that can lead to heart failure. Osteopontin (OPN) is an effector for extracellular signalling that induces myocyte growth and fibrosis. Although increased OPN activity has been observed in stressed myocytes and fibroblasts, the detailed and long term effects of blocking...
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