Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology
Volume 49, Issue 5 , Pages 841-850 , November 2010

Synergistic effects of the GATA-4-mediated miR-144/451 cluster in protection against simulated ischemia/reperfusion-induced cardiomyocyte death

  • Xiaowei Zhang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology and Cell Biophysics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA
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  • Xiaohong Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology and Cell Biophysics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA
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  • Hongyan Zhu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology and Cell Biophysics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA
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  • Cheng Zhu

      Affiliations

    • Division of Biomedical Informatics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA
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  • Yigang Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA
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  • William T. Pu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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  • Anil G. Jegga

      Affiliations

    • Division of Biomedical Informatics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA
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  • Guo-Chang Fan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology and Cell Biophysics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Pharmacology and Cell Biophysics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, 231 Albert Sabin Way, Cincinnati, OH 45267-0575, USA. Tel.: +1 513 558 2340; fax: +1 513 558 2269.

Received 8 June 2010 ,Revised 2 August 2010 ,Accepted 3 August 2010.

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PII: S0022-2828(10)00294-4

doi: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2010.08.007

Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology
Volume 49, Issue 5 , Pages 841-850 , November 2010