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Cardiac fibrosis can be attenuated by blocking the activity of transglutaminase 2 using a selective small-molecule inhibitor

Cardiac fibrosis is implicit in all forms of heart disease but there are no effective treatments. In this report, we investigate the role of the multi-functional enzyme Transglutaminase 2 (TG2) in cardiac fibrosis and assess its potential as a therapeutic target. Here we describe the use a highly se...

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Autores principales: Wang, Zhuo, Stuckey, Daniel J., Murdoch, Colin E., Camelliti, Patrizia, Lip, Gregory Y. H., Griffin, Martin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5966415/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29795262
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41419-018-0573-2