Volume 23, No 7, Jul 2013

ISSN: 1001-0602 
EISSN: 1748-7838 2018 
impact factor 17.848* 
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Volume 23 Issue 7, July 2013: 866-867

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS

miRNAGE-34 induces cardiac damAGE

Costanza Emanueli^1,2 and Thomas Thum³

¹Laboratory of Vascular Pathology and Regeneration, School of Clinical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, England, BS2 8HW
²Vascular Science, National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College of London, London, England
³Institute of Molecular and Translational Therapeutic Strategies, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany Correspondence: Peter Kaiser, Tel: +1-(949) 824-9442; Fax: +1-(949) 824-2688(pkaiser@uci.edu)

Small non-coding microRNAs (miRNAs, miRs) regulate gene expression in virtually all cells, and they have been implicated in cardiovascular disease and aging. In a paper recently published in Nature, miR-34a was identified as an aging-associated apoptotic and overall damaging factor for the heart.

10.1038/cr.2013.57

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