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MicroRNAs in the Human Heart
Author(s) -
Thomas Thum,
Paolo Galuppo,
Christian Wolf,
Jan Fiedler,
Susanne Kneitz,
Linda W. van Laake,
Pieter A. Doevendans,
Christine L. Mummery,
Jürgen Borlak,
Axel Haverich,
Carina Gross,
Stefan Engelhardt,
Georg Ertl,
Johann Bauersachs
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.107.687947
Subject(s) - microrna , gene expression , heart failure , transcriptome , regulation of gene expression , heart development , downregulation and upregulation , medicine , messenger rna , untranslated region , three prime untranslated region , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , bioinformatics , gene , genetics , embryonic stem cell
Chronic heart failure is characterized by left ventricular remodeling and reactivation of a fetal gene program; the underlying mechanisms are only partly understood. Here we provide evidence that cardiac microRNAs, recently discovered key regulators of gene expression, contribute to the transcriptional changes observed in heart failure.

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