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Myeloperoxidase acts as a profibrotic mediator of atrial fibrillation

Myeloperoxidase acts as a profibrotic mediator of atrial fibrillation

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Myeloperoxidase acts as a profibrotic mediator of atrial fibrillation

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New York: Nature Publishing Group US

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Although the precipitating mechanisms of atrial fibrillation are not fully understood, atrial fibrosis is thought to set the stage for arrhythmia. Volker Rudolph
et al
. now show that the enzyme myeloperoxidase, released by inflammatory cells, is a key inducer of atrial fibrosis and arrhythmia in a mouse model of atrial fibrillation, and that...

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Myeloperoxidase acts as a profibrotic mediator of atrial fibrillation

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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_2880896

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_2880896

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1078-8956

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1546-170X

DOI

10.1038/nm.2124

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