Diminished LC3 Expression with Unchanged Beclin 1 Levels in Right Atrial Appendage Tissue of Diabetic Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Graft

Type 2 diabetes potentiates the risk of heart failure. A vital physiologic process, autophagy, may be impaired in the diabetic heart. The aim of this study was to explore the autophagic status in a human diabetic heart. Techniques like immunohistochemistry and western blotting were employed to exami...

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Main Authors: Raji Sasikala Rajendran, Nandini Ravikumar Jayakumari, Vivek Velayudhan Pillai, Jayakumar Karunakaran, Srinivas Gopala
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
Series:Annals of the National Academy of Medical Sciences (India)
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0043-1772578