Circadian Influences on Myocardial Infarction

Components of circadian rhythm maintenance, or clock genes, are found in all peripheral tissues, including the heart, and influence such diverse phenomena as cytokine expression immune cells, metabolic activity of cardiac myocytes, and vasodilator regulation by vascular endothelial cells. Whether c...

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Main Authors: Jitka A. I. Virag, Robert M Lust
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphys.2014.00422/full