Connective Tissue Growth Factor Overexpression in Cardiomyocytes Promotes Cardiac Hypertrophy and Protection against Pressure Overload

Anna N. Panek; Maximilian G. Posch; Natalia Alenina; Santhosh K. Ghadge; Bettina Erdmann; Elena Popova; Andreas Perrot; Christian Geier; Rainer Dietz Ingo Morano; Michael Bader; Cemil Özcelik

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0006743

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Connective Tissue Growth Factor Overexpression in Cardiomyocytes Promotes Cardiac Hypertrophy and Protection against Pressure Overload

Anna N. Panek,

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease Research, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany
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Maximilian G. Posch,

Affiliations Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC) at the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany, Department of Cardiology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin, Campus Virchow Klinikum, Berlin, Germany
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Natalia Alenina,

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease Research, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany
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Santhosh K. Ghadge,

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease Research, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany
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Bettina Erdmann,

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease Research, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany
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Elena Popova,

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease Research, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany
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Andreas Perrot,

Affiliations Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC) at the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany, Department of Cardiology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin, Campus Virchow Klinikum, Berlin, Germany
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Christian Geier,

Affiliations Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC) at the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany, Department of Cardiology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin, Campus Virchow Klinikum, Berlin, Germany
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Rainer Dietz Ingo Morano,

Affiliations Department of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease Research, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany, Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC) at the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany, Department of Cardiology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin, Campus Virchow Klinikum, Berlin, Germany
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Michael Bader,

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease Research, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany
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Cemil Özcelik

* E-mail: cemil.oezcelik@charite.de

Affiliations Department of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease Research, Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany, Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC) at the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany, Department of Cardiology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin, Campus Virchow Klinikum, Berlin, Germany
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Connective Tissue Growth Factor Overexpression in Cardiomyocytes Promotes Cardiac Hypertrophy and Protection against Pressure Overload

Anna N. Panek,
Maximilian G. Posch,
Natalia Alenina,
Santhosh K. Ghadge,
Bettina Erdmann,
Elena Popova,
Andreas Perrot,
Christian Geier,
Rainer Dietz Ingo Morano,
Michael Bader

Published: August 25, 2009
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0006743

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