Galectin-3 marks activated macrophages in failure-prone hypertrophied hearts and contributes to cardiac dysfunction.

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Published in Circulation on November 01, 2004

Authors

Umesh C Sharma1, Saraswati Pokharel, Thomas J van Brakel, Jop H van Berlo, Jack P M Cleutjens, Blanche Schroen, Sabine André, Harry J G M Crijns, Hans-J Gabius, Jos Maessen, Yigal M Pinto

Author Affiliations

1: Experimental and Molecular Cardiology Laboratory, Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht, The Netherlands. y.pinto@carim.unimaas.nl.

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