STAT3 as a common signal of ischemic conditioning: a lesson on “rigor and reproducibility” in preclinical studies on cardioprotection

Basic Research in Cardiology

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Kleinbongard, Petra ^a   Skyschally, Andreas ^a   Gent, Sabine ^a   Pesch, Marion ^a   Heusch, Gerd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Infarct size; Pigs; Reperfusion

Indexed keywords

STAT3 PROTEIN; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HEART PROTECTION; ISCHEMIC CONDITIONING; ISCHEMIC POSTCONDITIONING; ISCHEMIC PRECONDITIONING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PORCINE MODEL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; CARDIAC MUSCLE; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; HEART INFARCTION PREVENTION; HEMODYNAMICS; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION; PIG;

ANIMALS; CORONARY CIRCULATION; HEMODYNAMICS; ISCHEMIC POSTCONDITIONING; ISCHEMIC PRECONDITIONING, MYOCARDIAL; MYOCARDIUM; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES; STAT3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; SWINE;

EID: 85035231144     PISSN: 03008428     EISSN: 14351803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00395-017-0660-z     Document Type: Article

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