Cardiac cell hypertrophy in vitro: Role of calcineurin/NFAT as Ca 2+ signal integrators

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1123, Issue , 2008, Pages 64-68

  Colella, Matilde ^a   Pozzan, Tullio ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c VENETIAN INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aldosterone; Angiotensin II; Calcineurin; KCl; NFAT; Norepinephrine; Triggering hypertrophy

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; ANGIOTENSIN II; CALCINEURIN; CYCLOSPORIN A; NORADRENALIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFAT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL SIZE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEART DEPOLARIZATION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE CELL HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; IN VITRO STUDY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; SARCOMERE;

RATTUS;

EID: 41149152326     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1420.008     Document Type: Article

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