Stretch of Atrial Myocytes Stimulates Recruitment of Macrophages via ATP Released Through Gap-Junction Channels

• Main Authors: Sakiko Oishi (Author), Tetsuo Sasano (Author), Yumiko Tateishi (Author), Noriko Tamura (Author), Mitsuaki Isobe (Author), Tetsushi Furukawa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Atrial inflammation is critical to atrial fibrillation initiation and progression. Although left atrial dilatation is a risk factor for atrial fibrillation, the mechanism linking atrial dilatation and inflammation is unclear. We evaluated the mechanisms underlying infiltration of macrophages induced...