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Getting to the heart of the matter: CCN2 plays a role in cardiomyocyte hypertrophy

Connective tissue growth factor (CTGF/CCN2) is overexpressed in diabetes. Diabetic rats possess myocardial and cardiomyocyte hypertrophy. In a recent report, Wang and colleagues (Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2009 Jul 22. [Epub ahead of print]) show that CCN2 directly mediates cardiomyocyte hypertrophy...

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Autor principal: Leask, Andrew
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Netherlands 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2821479/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19701807
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12079-009-0061-7