N-Terminal Truncated Intracellular Matrix Metalloproteinase-2 Induces Cardiomyocyte Hypertrophy, Inflammation and Systolic Heart Failure

• David H. Lovett ,

  * E-mail: david.lovett@va.gov

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, San Francisco Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

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• Rajeev Mahimkar,

  Current address: BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., Novato, California, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, San Francisco Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

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• Robert L. Raffai,

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, San Francisco Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

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• Leslie Cape,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, San Francisco Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

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• Bo-Qing Zhu,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, San Francisco Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

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• Zhu-Qiu Jin,

  Current address: Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, San Francisco Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

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• Anthony J. Baker,

  Affiliation Department of Medicine, San Francisco Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

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• Joel S. Karliner

  Affiliations Department of Medicine, San Francisco Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

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