| Literature DB >> 27844469 |
Yuping Duan1,2, Wei Zhu3, Min Liu2, Muhammad Ashraf2, Meifeng Xu4.
Abstract
Myocardial infarction (MI) is a life-threatening disease. The expression of Smad proteins in the ischemic myocardium changes significantly following myocardial infarction, suggesting a close relationship between Smad proteins and heart remodeling. Moreover, it is known that the expression of Smads is regulated by transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) and bone morphogenetic proteins (BMP). Based on these findings, regulating the expression of Smad proteins by targeting TGF-β and BMP in the ischemic myocardium may be considered to be a possible therapeutic strategy for the treatment of myocardial infarction.Entities:
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Year: 2016 PMID: 27844469 PMCID: PMC5637726 DOI: 10.14670/HH-11-845
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Histol Histopathol ISSN: 0213-3911 Impact factor: 2.303