Thymosin β4 and Ac-SDKP: Tools to mend a broken heart

Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 29-35

  Rossdeutsch, Alex ^a   Smart, Nicola ^a   Riley, Paul R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Cardioprotective properties; Thymosin 4

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTIFIBROTIC AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; PROLYL ENDOPEPTIDASE; PROTEIN KINASE B; SERASPENIDE; TETRAPEPTIDE; THYMOSIN BETA4; CARDIOTONIC AGENT; OLIGOPEPTIDE; THYMOSIN; THYMOSIN BETA(4);

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEART PROTECTION; INFLAMMATION; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NONHUMAN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; ANIMAL; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OLIGOPEPTIDES; THYMOSIN;

EID: 38149003728     PISSN: 09462716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00109-007-0243-9     Document Type: Review

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