Syndecan-4 Signaling Is Required for Exercise-Induced Cardiac Hypertrophy

• Main Authors: Jun Xie (Author), Guixin He (Author), Qinhua Chen (Author), Jiayin Sun (Author), Qin Dai (Author), Jianrong Lu (Author), Guannan Li (Author), Han Wu (Author), Ran Li (Author), Jianzhou Chen (Author), Wei Xu (Author), Biao Xu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Cardiac hypertrophy can be broadly classified as either physiological or pathological. Physiological stimuli such as exercise cause adaptive cardiac hypertrophy and normal heart function. Pathological stimuli including hypertension and aortic valvular stenosis cause maladaptive cardiac remo...