Targeting LOXL2 for cardiac interstitial fibrosis and heart failure treatment.
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Nat Commun. 2016 Dec 14;7:13710. doi: 10.1038/ncomms13710.
Nat Commun. 2016.
PMID: 27966531
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Interstitial fibrosis plays a key role in the development and progression of heart failure. ...In mice, cardiac stress activates fibroblasts to express and secrete Loxl2 into the interstitium, triggering fibrosis, systolic and diastolic dysfunction of …
Interstitial fibrosis plays a key role in the development and progression of heart failure. ...In mice, cardiac stress …