Functions of Autophagy in Pathological Cardiac Hypertrophy

Pathological cardiac hypertrophy is the response of heart to various biomechanical and physiopathological stimuli, such as aging, myocardial ischemia and hypertension. However, a long-term exposure to the stress makes heart progress to heart failure. Autophagy is a dynamic self-degradative process n...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Li, Zhenhua, Wang, Jian, Yang, Xiao
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Ivyspring International Publisher 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4440257/