Transmembrane tumor necrosis factor alpha attenuates pressure-overload cardiac hypertrophy via tumor necrosis factor receptor 2.

Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) plays an important pathogenic role in cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure (HF); however, anti-TNF is paradoxically negative in clinical trials and even worsens HF, indicating a possible protective role of TNF-α in HF. TNF-α exists in transmembrane (tmTNF-α) and...

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Main Authors: Kun Miao, Ling Zhou, Hongping Ba, Chenxi Li, Haiyan Gu, Bingjiao Yin, Jing Wang, Xiang-Ping Yang, Zhuoya Li, Dao Wen Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-12-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000967