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Cystatin C increases in cardiac injury: a role in extracellular matrix protein modulation

Lixin Xie, Jérôme Terrand, Beibei Xu, George Tsaprailis, John T. Boyer, Qianming Chen

Cardiovascular Research · 2010 · 91 citations · 23 references

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Abstract

Oxidants induce elevated cystatin C production from CMCs. Cystatin C plays a role in cardiac extracellular matrix remodelling.

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