Bone Morphogenetic Protein-7 Antagonizes Myocardial Fibrosis Induced by Atrial Fibrillation by Restraining Transforming Growth Factor- β (TGF-β)/Smads Signaling.

CONCLUSIONS BMP-7 can regulate TGF-β1/Smad3 by targeting Smad1/5 to antagonize fibrosis in myocardial fibroblasts resulting from atrial fibrillation. PMID: 27677228 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27677228?dopt=Abstract

Source: Medical Science Monitor - October 1, 2016 Category: Research Tags: Med Sci Monit Source Type: research

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