Cytokine Gene Expression After Myocardial Infarction in Rat Hearts
Key result
Cytokines are linked to post-MI left ventricular remodeling in noninfarcted rat myocardium.
Population
Rat hearts after myocardial infarction
Design
Preclinical
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Implication
May inform cytokine-targeted therapies post-MI; leaves open translation from animal models to humans.
Structured PICO
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Population
Rat hearts after myocardial infarction
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Outcome
Cytokine gene expression during the remodeling process of the noninfarcted left ventricular myocardiumsurrogate
Cytokines may play a role in the remodeling of noninfarcted left ventricular myocardium following myocardial infarction.
Cite This Study
Ono et al. (1998) studied this question. Cytokines are potentially involved in the remodeling process of the noninfarcted left ventricular myocardium following myocardial infarction in rat hearts.