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T-bet deficiency attenuates cardiac remodelling in rats.
Basic research in cardiology - 21 Mar 2018
Ma Zhen-Guo, Dai Jia, Yuan Yu-Pei, Bian Zhou-Yan, Xu Si-Chi, Jin Ya-Ge, Zhang Xin, Tang Qi-Zhu
Abstract excerpt
Previous studies have suggested the involvement of CD4 + T lymphocytes in cardiac remodelling. T-bet can direct Th1 lineage commitment. This study aimed to investigate the functional significance of T-bet in cardiac remodelling induced by pressure overload using T-bet global knockout rats. Increased T-bet levels were observed in rodent and human hypertrophied hearts. T-bet deficiency resulted in a less severe...
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