Focal adhesion kinase signaling in cardiac hypertrophy and failure

Focal adhesion kinase (FAK) is a broadly expressed tyrosine kinase implicated in cellular functions such as migration, growth and survival. Emerging data support a role for FAK in cardiac development, reactive hypertrophy and failure. Data reviewed here indicate that FAK plays a critical role at the...

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Main Authors: K.G. Franchini, C.F.M.Z. Clemente, T.M. Marin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2009-01-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2009000100008