Urocortin 2 Stimulates Abnormal Heart Growth (IMAGE)

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Urocortin 2 Stimulates Abnormal Heart Growth

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A sustained increase in Ucn2 levels and Crhr2 activation causes a mouse heart to grow abnormally large (right), a response that impairs cardiac function and leads to heart failure.

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Tsuda et al., 2017

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