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Transcriptome Analysis of Hypertrophic Heart Tissues from Murine Transverse Aortic Constriction and Human Aortic Stenosis Reveals Key Genes and Transcription Factors Involved in Cardiac Remodeling Induced by Mechanical Stress. DISEASE MARKERS 2019; 2019:5058313. [PMID: 31772688 PMCID: PMC6854968 DOI: 10.1155/2019/5058313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2019] [Revised: 08/20/2019] [Accepted: 09/17/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Background Mechanical stress-induced cardiac remodeling that results in heart failure is characterized by transcriptional reprogramming of gene expression. However, a systematic study of genomic changes involved in this process has not been performed to date. To investigate the genomic changes and underlying mechanism of cardiac remodeling, we collected and analyzed DNA microarray data for murine transverse aortic constriction (TAC) and human aortic stenosis (AS) from the Gene Expression Omnibus database and the European Bioinformatics Institute. Methods and Results The differential expression genes (DEGs) across the datasets were merged. The Venn diagrams showed that the number of intersections for early and late cardiac remodeling was 74 and 16, respectively. Gene ontology and protein–protein interaction network analysis showed that metabolic changes, cell differentiation and growth, cell cycling, and collagen fibril organization accounted for a great portion of the DEGs in the TAC model, while in AS patients' immune system signaling and cytokine signaling displayed the most significant changes. The intersections between the TAC model and AS patients were few. Nevertheless, the DEGs of the two species shared some common regulatory transcription factors (TFs), including SP1, CEBPB, PPARG, and NFKB1, when the heart was challenged by applied mechanical stress. Conclusions This study unravels the complex transcriptome profiles of the heart tissues and highlighting the candidate genes involved in cardiac remodeling induced by mechanical stress may usher in a new era of precision diagnostics and treatment in patients with cardiac remodeling.
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Unthank JL, Sheridan KM, Dalsing MC. Collateral Growth in the Peripheral Circulation: A Review. Vasc Endovascular Surg 2016; 38:291-313. [PMID: 15306947 DOI: 10.1177/153857440403800401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Arterial occlusive diseases are a major cause of morbidity and death in the United States. The enlargement of pre-existing vessels, which bypass the site of arterial occlusion, provide a natural way for the body to compensate for such obstructions. Individuals differ in their capacity to develop collateral vessels. In recent years much attention has been focused upon therapy to promote collateral development, primarily using individual growth factors. Such studies have had mixed results. Persistent controversies exist regarding the initiating stimuli, the processes involved in enlargement, the specific vessels that should be targeted, and the most appropriate terminology. Consequently, it is now recognized that more research is needed to extend our knowledge of the complex process of collateral growth. This basic science review addresses five questions essential in understanding current problems in collateral growth research and the development of therapeutic interventions.
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- Joseph L Unthank
- Department of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.
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Wang M, Luo J, Wan L, Hu T, Li S, Zhan C. Screening genes associated with myocardial infarction and transverse aortic constriction using a combined analysis of miRNA and mRNA microarray. Gene 2015; 571:245-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2015.06.070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2015] [Revised: 06/12/2015] [Accepted: 06/25/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Ge G, Zhang Q, Ma J, Qiao Z, Huang J, Cheng W, Wang H. Protective effect of Salvia miltiorrhiza aqueous extract on myocardium oxidative injury in ischemic-reperfusion rats. Gene 2014; 546:97-103. [PMID: 24831834 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2014.05.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2014] [Revised: 04/23/2014] [Accepted: 05/10/2014] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Salvia miltiorrhiza has strong antioxidative activity. They may have a strong potential as cardioprotective agents in ischemic-reperfusion injury. Experiments were carried out in Sprague-Dawley rats with myocardium ischemia reperfusion (IR). Myocardial injuries during IR were determined by changes in electrocardiogram analysis of arrhythmias, antioxidant enzyme activities, AST, CK-MB, lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) levels, and myocyte apoptosis. Results showed that S. miltiorrhiza aqueous extract (SAME) pre-treatment significantly decreased the ST-segment (ΣST120) and myocardium MDA, AST, CK-MB, lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) levels, increased myocardium antioxidant enzyme activities, and inhibit myocardium cell apoptosis. Furthermore, the SAME pre-treatment significantly upregulated p-JAK2 and p-STAT3 protein expression, decreased myocardium TNF-α and IL-6 concentrations in IR rats. The levels of TNF-α and IL-6 were positively correlated with the changes in myocardium p-JAK2 and p-STAT3 protein expression levels in IR rats. It can be concluded that the SAME pre-treatment has anti-ischemic and anti-apoptosis activity in heart IR rats. SAME pre-treatment protects heart against IR injury, at least in part, through its stimulating effects on injury-induced deactivation of JAK2/STAT3 signaling pathway.
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- Guanghao Ge
- Department of Cardiology, Fengxian Branch of Shanghai 6th People's Hospital, Shanghai 201400, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Fengxian Branch of Shanghai 6th People's Hospital, Shanghai 201400, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Fengxian Branch of Shanghai 6th People's Hospital, Shanghai 201400, China.
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- Department of Cardiology, Fengxian Branch of Shanghai 6th People's Hospital, Shanghai 201400, China.
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- Department of Cardiology, Fengxian Branch of Shanghai 6th People's Hospital, Shanghai 201400, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Fengxian Branch of Shanghai 6th People's Hospital, Shanghai 201400, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Fengxian Branch of Shanghai 6th People's Hospital, Shanghai 201400, China
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Zhang T, Zhao LL, Cao X, Qi LC, Wei GQ, Liu JY, Yan SJ, Liu JG, Li XQ. Bioinformatics analysis of time series gene expression in left ventricle (LV) with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Gene 2014; 543:259-67. [PMID: 24704022 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2014.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2013] [Revised: 03/25/2014] [Accepted: 04/01/2014] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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This study is to investigate the key genes and their possible function in acute myocardial infarction (AMI). The data of GSE4648 downloaded from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database include 6 time points (15 min, 60 min, 4h, 12h, 24h and 48 h) of 12 left ventricle (LV) samples, 12 surviving LV free wall (FW) samples, 12 inter-ventricular septum (IVS) samples after AMI operation and corresponding sham-operated samples. The data of each sample were analyzed with Affy and Bioconductor packages, and differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were screened out using BETR package with false discovery rate (FDR)<0.01. Then, functional enrichment analysis for DEGs was conducted with Database for Annotation, Visualization and Integrated Discovery (DAVID). Totally 194 DEGs were identified in LV, and only the gene tubulin beta 2a (Tubb2a) and natriuretic peptide B (Nppb) were respectively up-regulated in surviving FW tissue and IVS tissue. The biological process response to wounding and inflammatory response were significantly enriched, as well as leukocyte transendothelial migration pathway. Besides, the expression pattern analysis showed the DEGs mostly up-regulated at 4h after AMI, and these genes were mainly associated with immunity. Additionally, in transcriptional regulatory network, early growth response 1 (Egr1), activating transcription factor 3 (Atf3), Atf4, Myc and Fos were considered as the key transcription factors related to immune response. The key transcription factors and potential target genes might provide new information for the development of AMI, and leukocyte transendothelial migration pathway might play a vital role in AMI.
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- Tong Zhang
- Department of Cardiology, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150001, Heilongjiang Province, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150001, Heilongjiang Province, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150001, Heilongjiang Province, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150001, Heilongjiang Province, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150001, Heilongjiang Province, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150001, Heilongjiang Province, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150001, Heilongjiang Province, China
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- The Central Hospital of the Heilongjiang Prison Administrative Bureau, Harbin 150001, Heilongjiang Province, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150001, Heilongjiang Province, China.
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Gora M, Kiliszek M, Burzynska B. Will global transcriptome analysis allow the detection of novel prognostic markers in coronary artery disease and heart failure? Curr Genomics 2014; 14:388-96. [PMID: 24396272 PMCID: PMC3861890 DOI: 10.2174/1389202911314090006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2013] [Revised: 08/14/2013] [Accepted: 08/15/2013] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Coronary artery disease (CAD) is one of the leading causes of death in the developed countries. Myocardial infarction (MI) is an acute episode of CAD that results in myocardial injury and subsequent heart failure (HF). In the acute phase of MI several risk factors for future cardiovascular events have been found. The molecular mechanisms of these disorders are still unknown, but altered gene expression may play an important role in the development and progression of cardiovascular diseases. High-throughput techniques should greatly facilitate the elucidation of the mechanisms and provide novel insights into the pathophysiology of cardiovascular diseases. In this review we focus on the perspectives of gene-expression profiling conducted on cardiac tissues and blood for the determination of novel diagnostic and prognostic markers and therapeutic targets.
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- Monika Gora
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- First Chair and Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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Tsimakouridze EV, Straume M, Podobed PS, Chin H, LaMarre J, Johnson R, Antenos M, Kirby GM, Mackay A, Huether P, Simpson JA, Sole M, Gadal G, Martino TA. Chronomics of Pressure Overload–Induced Cardiac Hypertrophy in Mice Reveals Altered Day/Night Gene Expression and Biomarkers of Heart Disease. Chronobiol Int 2012; 29:810-21. [DOI: 10.3109/07420528.2012.691145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Vesentini N, Barsanti C, Martino A, Kusmic C, Ripoli A, Rossi A, L'Abbate A. Selection of reference genes in different myocardial regions of an in vivo ischemia/reperfusion rat model for normalization of antioxidant gene expression. BMC Res Notes 2012; 5:124. [PMID: 22377061 PMCID: PMC3392735 DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-5-124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2011] [Accepted: 02/29/2012] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Background Changes in cardiac gene expression due to myocardial injury are usually assessed in whole heart tissue. However, as the heart is a heterogeneous system, spatial and temporal heterogeneity is expected in gene expression. Results In an ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) rat model we evaluated gene expression of mitochondrial and cytoplasmatic superoxide dismutase (MnSod, Cu-ZnSod) and thioredoxin reductase (trxr1) upon short (4 h) and long (72 h) reperfusion times in the right ventricle (RV), and in the ischemic/reperfused (IRR) and the remote region (RR) of the left ventricle. Gene expression was assessed by Real-time reverse-transcription quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR). In order to select most stable reference genes suitable for normalization purposes, in each myocardial region we tested nine putative reference genes by geNorm analysis. The genes investigated were: Actin beta (actb), Glyceraldehyde-3-P-dehydrogenase (gapdh), Ribosomal protein L13A (rpl13a), Tyrosine 3-monooxygenase (ywhaz), Beta-glucuronidase (gusb), Hypoxanthine guanine Phosphoribosyltransferase 1 (hprt), TATA binding box protein (tbp), Hydroxymethylbilane synthase (hmbs), Polyadenylate-binding protein 1 (papbn1). According to our findings, most stable reference genes in the RV and RR were hmbs/hprt and hmbs/tbp/hprt respectively. In the IRR, six reference genes were recommended for normalization purposes; however, in view of experimental feasibility limitations, target gene expression could be normalized against the three most stable reference genes (ywhaz/pabp/hmbs) without loss of sensitivity. In all cases MnSod and Cu-ZnSod expression decreased upon long reperfusion, the former in all myocardial regions and the latter in IRR alone. trxr1 expression did not vary. Conclusions This study provides a validation of reference genes in the RV and in the anterior and posterior wall of the LV of cardiac ischemia/reperfusion model and shows that gene expression should be assessed separately in each region.
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- Nicoletta Vesentini
- Istituto di Fisiologia Clinica, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Pisa, Italy.
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Hellman U, Mörner S, Engström-Laurent A, Samuel JL, Waldenström A. Temporal correlation between transcriptional changes and increased synthesis of hyaluronan in experimental cardiac hypertrophy. Genomics 2010; 96:73-81. [PMID: 20417270 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2010.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2009] [Revised: 03/10/2010] [Accepted: 04/13/2010] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The role of hyaluronan in cardiac growth has become evident, previously shown by increased myocardial levels of hyaluronan in a rat model of cardiac hypertrophy. To further investigate the role of hyaluronan and regulation of its synthesis in cardiac hypertrophy, quantitative measurements of myocardial hyaluronan concentration was correlated to gene transcription in hypertrophic cardiac tissue. Factor analysis was used to study this correlation over time. A subset of differentially expressed genes was identified with a transcriptional regulation correlating to the increased synthesis of hyaluronan, suggesting a common regulatory pathway. Four transcription factors, Myc, Fos, Junb and Egr1, were also up-regulated. Furthermore, the Ace gene was up-regulated, representing increase of angiotensin II, an inducer of these transcription factors and fetal genes in cardiac hypertrophy. This demonstrates a coordinated synthesis of hyaluronan and pro-hypertrophic gene expression, regulated by immediate early genes, with angiotensin II as a possible mediator.
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- Urban Hellman
- Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine/Medicine, Umeå University, Sweden.
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Oyama MA, Chittur SV, Reynolds CA. Decreased triadin and increased calstabin2 expression in Great Danes with dilated cardiomyopathy. J Vet Intern Med 2009; 23:1014-9. [PMID: 19674278 DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-1676.2009.0360.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a common cardiac disease of Great Dane dogs, yet very little is known about the underlying molecular abnormalities that contribute to disease. OBJECTIVE Discover a set of genes that are differentially expressed in Great Dane dogs with DCM as a way to identify candidate genes for further study as well as to better understand the molecular abnormalities that underlie the disease. ANIMALS Three Great Dane dogs with end-stage DCM and 3 large breed control dogs. METHODS Prospective study. Transcriptional activity of 42,869 canine DNA sequences was determined with a canine-specific oligonucleotide microarray. Genome expression patterns of left ventricular tissue samples from affected Great Dane dogs were evaluated by measuring the relative amount of complementary RNA hybridization to the microarray probes and comparing it with expression from large breed dogs with noncardiac disease. RESULTS Three hundred and twenty-three transcripts were differentially expressed (> or = 2-fold change). The transcript with the greatest degree of upregulation (+61.3-fold) was calstabin2 (FKBP12.6), whereas the transcript with the greatest degree of downregulation (-9.07-fold) was triadin. Calstabin2 and triadin are both regulatory components of the cardiac ryanodine receptor (RyR2) and are critical to normal intracellular Ca2+ release and excitation-contraction coupling. CONCLUSION AND CLINICAL IMPORTANCE Great Dane dogs with DCM demonstrate abnormal calstabin2 and triadin expression. These changes likely affect Ca2+ flux within cardiac cells and may contribute to the pathophysiology of disease. Microarray-based analysis identifies calstabin2, triadin, and RyR2 function as targets of future study.
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- M A Oyama
- Department of Clinical Studies, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
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Sheehy SP, Huang S, Parker KK. Time-warped comparison of gene expression in adaptive and maladaptive cardiac hypertrophy. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 2:116-24. [PMID: 20031575 DOI: 10.1161/circgenetics.108.806935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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BACKGROUND Cardiac hypertrophy is classically regarded as a compensatory response, yet the active tissue remodeling processes triggered by various types of mechanical stress can enhance or diminish the function of the heart. Despite the disparity in outcomes, there are similarities in the hypertrophic responses. We hypothesized that a generic genetic response that is not dependent on the particular nature of the hypertrophic stimulus exists. To test our hypothesis, we compared the temporal evolution of transcriptomes measured in hearts subjected to either adaptive (exercise-induced) or maladaptive (aortic banding-induced) hypertrophy. METHODS AND RESULTS Generic hypertrophy-associated genes were identified and distinguished from stimulus-dependent transcripts by coupling a metric of cardiac growth with a dynamic time-warping algorithm to align transcriptome changes with respect to the hypertrophy response. The major differences in expression between the adaptive and maladaptive hypertrophy models were centered around the genes involved in metabolism, fibrosis, and immune response. Conversely, transcripts with common expression patterns in both hypertrophy models were associated with signal transduction, cytoskeletal development, and muscle contraction. Thus, despite the apparent differences in the expression response of the heart to either athletic conditioning or pressure overload, there is a set of genes that displays similar expression profiles. CONCLUSIONS This finding lends support to the notion of a generalized cardiac growth mechanism that is activated in response to mechanical perturbation. The common and unique genetic signatures of adaptive and maladaptive hypertrophy may be useful in the diagnosis and treatment of pathological myocardial remodeling.
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- Sean P Sheehy
- Disease Biophysics Group, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
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Harpster MH, Bandyopadhyay S, Thomas DP, Ivanov PS, Keele JA, Pineguina N, Gao B, Amarendran V, Gomelsky M, McCormick RJ, Stayton MM. Earliest changes in the left ventricular transcriptome postmyocardial infarction. Mamm Genome 2006; 17:701-15. [PMID: 16845475 DOI: 10.1007/s00335-005-0120-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2005] [Accepted: 02/15/2006] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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We report a genome-wide survey of early responses of the mouse heart transcriptome to acute myocardial infarction (AMI). For three regions of the left ventricle (LV), namely, ischemic/infarcted tissue (IF), the surviving LV free wall (FW), and the interventricular septum (IVS), 36,899 transcripts were assayed at six time points from 15 min to 48 h post-AMI in both AMI and sham surgery mice. For each transcript, temporal expression patterns were systematically compared between AMI and sham groups, which identified 515 AMI-responsive genes in IF tissue, 35 in the FW, 7 in the IVS, with three genes induced in all three regions. Using the literature, we assigned functional annotations to all 519 nonredundant AMI-induced genes and present two testable models for central signaling pathways induced early post-AMI. First, the early induction of 15 genes involved in assembly and activation of the activator protein-1 (AP-1) family of transcription factors implicates AP-1 as a dominant regulator of earliest post-ischemic molecular events. Second, dramatic increases in transcripts for arginase 1 (ARG1), the enzymes of polyamine biosynthesis, and protein inhibitor of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) activity indicate that NO production may be regulated, in part, by inhibition of NOS and coordinate depletion of the NOS substrate, L: -arginine. ARG1: was the single-most highly induced transcript in the database (121-fold in IF region) and its induction in heart has not been previously reported.
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- Mark H Harpster
- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, 82071, USA
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Mirotsou M, Dzau VJ, Pratt RE, Weinberg EO. Physiological genomics of cardiac disease: quantitative relationships between gene expression and left ventricular hypertrophy. Physiol Genomics 2006; 27:86-94. [PMID: 16835353 DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00028.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The pathogenesis of cardiac left ventricular hypertrophy and failure is poorly defined due to the complexity of the disease phenotype. To gain a better understanding of the relationship between gene expression and left ventricular hypertrophy, we employed a quantitative approach to identify genes with expression patterns that correlate in a numerically continuous manner with parameters of cardiac structure and function in a mouse model of left ventricular hypertrophy due to transverse aortic constriction. Several genes showed expression patterns that were significantly correlated (Pearson's correlation coefficient) with measurements of left ventricular weight, left ventricular wall thickness, and diastolic dimension. We validated our findings in two independent data sets and in a small subset of genes by real-time RT-PCR. Of genes with significant correlations to numerically continuous measurements of hypertrophy, we found enrichment for genes encoding extracellular matrix, growth-related and secreted proteins in the directly correlated subset, and for genes encoding mitochondria and metabolic/fatty acid oxidation proteins in the inversely correlated subset. The results of this filtering strategy suggest that this subset of transcripts with quantitative relationships between gene expression and left ventricular hypertrophy represents potentially important pathways that contribute to the progression to heart failure and are thus candidates for follow-up and functional analysis.
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- Maria Mirotsou
- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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Kittleson MM, Hare JM. Molecular signature analysis: the potential of gene-expression analysis in cardiomyopathy. Future Cardiol 2005; 1:793-808. [DOI: 10.2217/14796678.1.6.793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Despite the expanding knowledge base of the molecular and cellular pathophysiology and management of cardiomyopathy, it still remains difficult to accurately distinguish between patients who will someday develop circulatory collapse and require cardiac transplantation from those with excellent long-term prognosis. Of equal importance, current medical practice does not include strategies to tailor therapies to patients most likely to benefit, while at the same time seeking predictors of poor or adverse responsiveness. Gene-expression analysis using microarray technology, by providing a phenotypic resolution not possible with standard clinical criteria, has enormous potential to provide better information regarding prognosis and response to therapy in heart-failure patients. Emerging data demonstrate that a molecular signature can accurately identify etiology in cardiomyopathy, supporting ongoing efforts to identify expression profiling-based biomarkers, although microarray research in cardiomyopathy is still in its earliest stages. The ultimate potential application of transcriptome-based molecular signature analysis is individualization of the management of heart-failure patients, whereby a patient with a newly diagnosed cardiomyopathy could, through molecular signature analysis, be offered an accurate assessment of prognosis, and how individualized medical therapy could affect his or her outcome.
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- Michelle M Kittleson
- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Department of Medicine, Cardiology Division, MD, USA
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- Institute of Cell Engineering, Broadway Research Building, Suite 659, 733 North Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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Gao Z, Xu H, DiSilvestre D, Halperin VL, Tunin R, Tian Y, Yu W, Winslow RL, Tomaselli GF. Transcriptomic profiling of the canine tachycardia-induced heart failure model: global comparison to human and murine heart failure. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2005; 40:76-86. [PMID: 16236311 PMCID: PMC1896268 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2005.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2005] [Revised: 07/28/2005] [Accepted: 08/05/2005] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Alterations of cardiac gene expression are central to ventricular dysfunction in human heart failure (HF). The canine tachycardia pacing-induced HF model is known to reproduce the main hemodynamic, echocardiographic and electrophysiological changes observed in human HF. In this study, we use this HF model to compare gene expression profiles in the left and right ventricles (LV, RV) of normal and end-stage failing canine hearts and compare the transcription profiles to those in human and murine models of HF. In end-stage HF, the LV exhibits down regulation of genes involved in energy production, cardiac contraction, and modulation of excitation-contraction coupling as compared with normal LV. The majority of transcriptomic changes between normal and end-stage canine HF were shared by the RV and LV. Genes down regulated only in the LV included those involved in aerobic energy production pathways, regulation of actin filament length, and enzyme-linked receptor protein signaling pathways. In normal canine hearts, genes encoding specific components of the contractile apparatus exhibit LV-RV asymmetric expression patterns; in failing hearts, cardiac fetal transcription factors MEF2 and MITF and the stress-responsive transcription factor ATF4 showed interventricular differences in expression. The comparison among the canine tachypacing, mouse transgenic, and human HF reveals that human disease involves down regulation of genes in a broad range of biological processes while experimentally induced HF is associated with down regulation of energy pathways, and that human ischemic HF and canine HF share a similar over representation of transcriptional pathways in the up regulated genes. This study provides insights into the molecular pathways leading to end-stage tachycardia-induced HF, and into global transcriptomic differences between the animal HF models and human HF.
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- Zhong Gao
- Center for Cardiovascular Bioinformatics and Modeling, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Whiting School of Engineering, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
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- The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 720 Rutland Avenue, 844 Ross Building, Baltimore, MD 21205-2179, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 720 Rutland Avenue, 844 Ross Building, Baltimore, MD 21205-2179, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 720 Rutland Avenue, 844 Ross Building, Baltimore, MD 21205-2179, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 720 Rutland Avenue, 844 Ross Building, Baltimore, MD 21205-2179, USA
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- The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA
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- Center for Cardiovascular Bioinformatics and Modeling, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Whiting School of Engineering, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
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- Center for Cardiovascular Bioinformatics and Modeling, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Whiting School of Engineering, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 720 Rutland Avenue, 844 Ross Building, Baltimore, MD 21205-2179, USA
- * Corresponding author. Tel.: +1 410 955 2774; fax: +1 410 955 7953. E-mail address: (G.F. Tomaselli)
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Liang M, Ventura B. Physiological genomics in PG and beyond: July to September 2005. Physiol Genomics 2005. [DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00212.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Flück M, Däpp C, Schmutz S, Wit E, Hoppeler H. Transcriptional profiling of tissue plasticity: role of shifts in gene expression and technical limitations. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2005; 99:397-413. [PMID: 16020435 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00050.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Reprogramming of gene expression has been recognized as a main instructive modality for the adjustments of tissues to various kinds of stress. The recent application of gene expression profiling has provided a powerful tool to elucidate the molecular pathways underlying such tissue remodeling. However, the biological interpretations of expression profiling results critically depend on normalization of transcript signals to mRNA standards before statistical evaluation. A hypothesis is proposed whereby the “fluctuating nature” of gene expression represents an inherent limitation of the test system used to quantify RNA levels. Misinterpretation of gene expression data occurs when RNA quantities are normalized to a subset of mRNAs that are subject to strong regulation. The contention of contradictory biological outcomes using different RNA-normalization schemes is demonstrated in two models of skeletal muscle plasticity with data from custom-designed microarrays and biochemical and ultrastructural evidence for correspondingly altered RNA content and nucleolar activity. The prevalence of these biological constraints is underlined by a literature survey in different models of tissue plasticity with emphasis on the unique malleability of skeletal muscle. Finally, recommendations on the optimal experimental layout are given to control biological and technical variability in microarray and RT-PCR studies. It is proposed to approach normalization of transcript signals by measuring total RNA and DNA content per sample weight and by correcting for concurrently estimated endogenous standards such as major ribosomal RNAs and spiked RNA and DNA species. This allows for later conversion to diverse tissue-relevant references and should improve the physiological interpretations of phenotypic plasticity.
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- Martin Flück
- Dept. of Anatomy, Baltzerstrasse 2, 3000 Bern 9, Switzerland.
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Stanley WC, Recchia FA, Lopaschuk GD. Myocardial substrate metabolism in the normal and failing heart. Physiol Rev 2005; 85:1093-129. [PMID: 15987803 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00006.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1406] [Impact Index Per Article: 74.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The alterations in myocardial energy substrate metabolism that occur in heart failure, and the causes and consequences of these abnormalities, are poorly understood. There is evidence to suggest that impaired substrate metabolism contributes to contractile dysfunction and to the progressive left ventricular remodeling that are characteristic of the heart failure state. The general concept that has recently emerged is that myocardial substrate selection is relatively normal during the early stages of heart failure; however, in the advanced stages there is a downregulation in fatty acid oxidation, increased glycolysis and glucose oxidation, reduced respiratory chain activity, and an impaired reserve for mitochondrial oxidative flux. This review discusses 1) the metabolic changes that occur in chronic heart failure, with emphasis on the mechanisms that regulate the changes in the expression of metabolic genes and the function of metabolic pathways; 2) the consequences of these metabolic changes on cardiac function; 3) the role of changes in myocardial substrate metabolism on ventricular remodeling and disease progression; and 4) the therapeutic potential of acute and long-term manipulation of cardiac substrate metabolism in heart failure.
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- William C Stanley
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, Ohio 44106-4970, USA.
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Oyama MA, Chittur S. Genomic expression patterns of cardiac tissues from dogs with dilated cardiomyopathy. Am J Vet Res 2005; 66:1140-55. [PMID: 16111151 DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2005.66.1140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate global genome expression patterns of left ventricular tissues from dogs with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). SAMPLE POPULATION Tissues obtained from the left ventricle of 2 Doberman Pinschers with end-stage DCM and 5 healthy control dogs. PROCEDURE Transcriptional activities of 23,851 canine DNA sequences were determined by use of an oligonucleotide microarray. Genome expression patterns of DCM tissue were evaluated by measuring the relative amount of complementary RNA hybridization to the microarray probes and comparing it with gene expression for tissues from 5 healthy control dogs. RESULTS 478 transcripts were differentially expressed (> or = 2.5-fold change). In DCM tissue, expression of 173 transcripts was upregulated and expression of 305 transcripts was downregulated, compared with expression for control tissues. Of the 478 transcripts, 167 genes could be specifically identified. These genes were grouped into 1 of 8 categories on the basis of their primary physiologic function. Grouping revealed that pathways involving cellular energy production, signaling and communication, and cell structure were generally downregulated, whereas pathways involving cellular defense and stress responses were upregulated. Many previously unreported genes that may contribute to the pathophysiologic aspects of heart disease were identified. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE Evaluation of global expression patterns provides a molecular portrait of heart failure, yields insights into the pathophysiologic aspects of DCM, and identifies intriguing genes and pathways for further study.
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- Mark A Oyama
- Department of Veterinary Clinical Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61802, USA
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Chon H, Bluyssen HAR, Holstege FCP, Koomans HA, Joles JA, Braam B. Gene expression of energy and protein metabolism in hearts of hypertensive nitric oxide- or GSH-depleted mice. Eur J Pharmacol 2005; 513:21-33. [PMID: 15878706 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2005.01.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2004] [Revised: 01/25/2005] [Accepted: 01/31/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Hypertension demands cardiac synthetic and metabolic adaptations to increased afterload. We studied gene expression in two models of mild hypertension without overt left ventricular hypertrophy using the NO synthase inhibitor nitro-L-arginine (L-NNA) and the glutathione depletor buthionine-S,R-sulfoximine (BSO). Mice were administered L-NNA, BSO, or water for 8 weeks. RNA of left ventricles was pooled per group, reverse transcribed, Cy3 and Cy5 labeled, and hybridized to cDNA microarrays. Normalized log(2) Cy3/Cy5 ratios of > or =0.7 or < or =-0.7 were considered significant. L-NNA and BSO both caused hypertension. Gene expression was regulated in cytoskeletal components in both models, protein synthesis in L-NNA-treated mice, and energy metabolism in BSO-treated mice. Energy metabolism genes shared several common transcription factor-binding sites such as Coup-Tf2, of which gene expression was increased in BSO-treated mice, and COMP-1. Characterization of the left ventricular adaptations as assessed with gene expression profiles reveals differential expression in energy and protein metabolism related to the pathogenetic background of the hypertension.
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- Helena Chon
- Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, University Medical Center, GA Utrecht, Netherlands
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Zhao M, Chow A, Powers J, Fajardo G, Bernstein D. Microarray analysis of gene expression after transverse aortic constriction in mice. Physiol Genomics 2004; 19:93-105. [PMID: 15292486 DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00040.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Cardiac hypertrophy is a compensatory response initially beneficial to heart function but can ultimately lead to cardiac decompensation. It is an integrated process involving multiple cellular signaling pathways and their cross talk. Microarray GeneChip technology is a powerful new tool to identify gene expression profiles of cardiac hypertrophy. To identify well-characterized as well as novel adaptive mechanisms, we utilized a murine model of compensated pressure overload hypertrophy (transverse aortic constriction, TAC). At 48 h, 10 days, and 3 wk, hearts were harvested and total RNA hybridized to Affymetrix U74Av2 GeneChips, which contain a 12,488-gene/EST probe set. Verification of gene expression was performed by SYBR quantitative real-time RT-PCR (QRT-PCR) for selected genes. A rigorous evaluation of the adequacy of the control condition was also performed. For statistical analysis we generated a four-step filtering criteria. Our results show an upregulation of 38 genes (48 h), 269 genes (10 days), and 203 genes (3 wk) and downregulation of 15 genes (48 h), 160 genes (10 days), and 124 genes (3 wk). Transcripts differentially expressed after TAC were categorized into 12 functional groups and revealed the presence of several intriguing transcripts, e.g., cell proliferation-related Ki-67 and several apoptosis-related genes. Overall changes in QRT-PCR were in accordance with GeneChip data, with the highest correlation for genes with the largest up- or downregulation with TAC. Thus TAC results in altered expression of genes in several pathways regulating both cardiac structure and function. However, for in vivo gene microarray experiments, it is critical to define adequate controls, perform rigorous statistical analysis, and provide validation by alternative methods.
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- Mingming Zhao
- Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94304, USA
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Schwartz F, Duka A, Duka I, Cui J, Gavras H. Novel targets of ANG II regulation in mouse heart identified by serial analysis of gene expression. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2004; 287:H1957-66. [PMID: 15242839 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00568.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Although the central role of ANG II in cardiovascular homeostasis is well appreciated, the molecular circuitry of its many actions is not completely understood. With the use of serial analysis of gene expression to assess global transcriptional changes in the heart of mice after continuous 7-day ANG II administration, we identified patterns of gene expression indicative of cardiac remodeling, including coordinate regulation of genes previously described in a context of processes associated with hypertrophy and fibrosis. In addition, we discovered several novel ANG II targets, including characterized genes of known function, recently annotated genes of unknown function, and the putative genes not yet present in current databases. The serial analysis of gene expression approach to assess the role of ANG II presented in this report provides new venues for inquiries into ANG II-mediated cardiac function.
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- Faina Schwartz
- Dept. of Medicine, Genetics Program, Boston Univ. School of Medicine, 715 Albany St., L-320, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
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