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Inhibition of cardiac PERK signaling promotes peripartum cardiac dysfunction.
Scientific reports - 21 Sept 2021
Shimizu Takashi, Taguchi Akashi, Higashijima Yoshiki, Kanki Yasuharu, Nakaki Ryo, Urade Yoshihiro, Wada Youichiro
Abstract excerpt
Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a life-threatening heart failure occurring in the peripartum period. Although mal-angiogenesis, induced by the 16-kDa N-terminal prolactin fragment (16 K PRL), is involved in the pathogenesis, the effect of full-length prolactin (23 K PRL) is poorly understood. We transfected neonate rat cardiomyocytes with plasmids containing 23 K PRL or 16 K PRL in vitro and found that 23 K...
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