Phosphodiesterase 2A as a therapeutic target to restore cardiac neurotransmission during sympathetic hyperactivity

Elevated levels of brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) are regarded as an early compensatory response to cardiac myocyte hypertrophy, although exogenously administered BNP shows poor clinical efficacy in heart failure and hypertension. We tested whether phosphodiesterase 2A (PDE2A), which regulates the...

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Main Authors: Liu, K, Li, D, Hao, G, McCaffary, D, Neely, O, Woodward, L, Ioannides, D, Lu, C, Brescia, M, Zaccolo, M, Tandri, H, Ajijola, O, Ardell, J, Shivkumar, K, Paterson, D
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Clinical Investigation 2018