Could a Noncoding RNA Be a New Drug Target for Heart Disease? (IMAGE)

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Could a Noncoding RNA Be a New Drug Target for Heart Disease?

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心肥大と呼ばれる心筋の異常な肥大は心不全につながる。新たな研究により、マウスで心肥大を引き起こすChastと呼ばれる長いノンコーディングRNAが、心肥大の治療標的候補として同定された。

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C. Bickel / <i>Science Translational Medicine</i> (2016)

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