Population
Eight-week-old male p47 null (p47 knockout [KO]), Nox2 null, and wild-type mice, as well as murine and human…
Comparison
Transverse aortic constriction-induced pressure… vs Wild-type mice subjected to transverse aortic…
Design
Preclinical
Follow-up
5 and 9 weeks
Authors
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p47(phox) protects against pressure-overload dysfunction in mice; leaves open its relevance as a therapeutic target in human heart failure.
The p47(phox) subunit plays a novel, Nox2-independent role in adaptive cytoskeletal remodeling, and its loss paradoxically enhances susceptibility to biomechanical stress and heart failure.
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