Cardiomyocyte SMAD4-Dependent TGF-β Signaling is Essential to Maintain Adult Heart Homeostasis
Summary: The role of the transforming growth factor (TGF)-β pathway in myocardial fibrosis is well recognized. However, the precise role of this signaling axis in cardiomyocyte (CM) biology is not defined. In TGF-β signaling, SMAD4 acts as the central intracellular mediator. To investigate the role...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2019-02-01
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Series: | JACC: Basic to Translational Science |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452302X18302705 |