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Beneficial Effects on Skeletal Muscle of the Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Blocker Irbesartan in Experimental Heart Failure

Luciano Dalla Libera, Barbara Ravara, Annalisa Angelini, Katia Rossini, Marco Sandri, Gaetano Thiene, Giovanni B. Ambrosio, Giorgio Vescovo

Circulation · 2001 · 83 citations · 31 references

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Angiotensin II receptor blockade can protect from the development of apoptosis-dependent atrophy and from changes in MHCS: The reduction of TNFalpha may play a role in this process.

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Apoptosis in the Failing Human Heart

G Olivetti, Rakesh Abbi, Federico Quaini et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 1997 · 1.7K citations · Full text

Tumor necrosis factor alpha-induced apoptosis in cardiac myocytes. Involvement of the sphingolipid signaling cascade in cardiac cell death.

Kevin A. Krown, Mélissa Pagé, Cuong V. Nguyen et al. · Journal of Clinical Investigation · 1996 · 735 citations · Full text

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Contribution of skeletal muscle atrophy to exercise intolerance and altered muscle metabolism in heart failure.

Donna Mancini, Gerhard Walter, Nathaniel Reichek et al. · Circulation · 1992 · 728 citations

Angiotensin II type 2 receptor mediates programmed cell death.

Toshiyuki Yamada, Masato Horiuchi, Victor J. Dzau · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1996 · 695 citations · Full text

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Tumor Necrosis Factor Soluble Receptors in Patients With Various Degrees of Congestive Heart Failure

Roberto Ferrari, Tiziana Bachetti, Roberta Confortini et al. · Circulation · 1995 · 534 citations