Inhibition of Fas-associated death domain-containing protein (FADD) protects against myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury in a heart failure mouse model.

As technological interventions treating acute myocardial infarction (MI) improve, post-ischemic heart failure increasingly threatens patient health. The aim of the current study was to test whether FADD could be a potential target of gene therapy in the treatment of heart failure.Cardiomyocyte-speci...

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Main Authors: Qian Fan, Zheng M Huang, Matthieu Boucher, Xiying Shang, Lin Zuo, Henriette Brinks, Wayne Bond Lau, Jianke Zhang, J Kurt Chuprun, Erhe Gao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3772851?pdf=render