CTGF/CCN2 Postconditioning Increases Tolerance of Murine Hearts towards Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:Previous studies of ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) in hearts from mice with cardiac-restricted overexpression of CCN2 have shown that CCN2 increases tolerance towards IRI. The objectives of this study were to investigate to what extent post-ischemic administration of recomb...

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Main Authors: Ole Jørgen Kaasbøll, Ingvild Tronstad Moe, Mohammad Shakil Ahmed, Espen Stang, Else Marie Valbjørn Hagelin, Håvard Attramadal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4752337?pdf=render