Abstract
Programmed cardiac myocyte death contributes to pathological ventricular remodeling and the progression of myocardial infarction or pressure overload hypertrophy to dilated cardiomyopathy. Recent work has identified importance of stress-mediated transcriptional induction of BNIP3 (BCL2 and 19-kDa interacting protein-3) and NIX/BNIP3L in cardiac remodeling. Here, the regulatory mechanisms for these two factors in the heart and their effects on programmed cardiomyocyte death are reviewed, with a focus on information derived from studies using mouse models of cardiac BNIP3 and NIX/BNIP3L overexpression and gene ablation.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | S158-S167 |
Journal | Oncogene |
Volume | 27 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 2008 |
Keywords
- Apoptosis
- Autop hagy
- Cardiac hypertrophy
- He art failure
- Myocar dial infarction