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SUBMITTER: Weinberg EO
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1460012 | biostudies-literature | 2002 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Weinberg Ellen O EO Shimpo Masahisa M De Keulenaer Gilles W GW MacGillivray Catherine C Tominaga Shin-ichi S Solomon Scott D SD Rouleau Jean-Lucien JL Lee Richard T RT
Circulation 20021201 23
<h4>Background</h4>We identified an interleukin-1 receptor family member, ST2, as a gene markedly induced by mechanical strain in cardiac myocytes and hypothesized that ST2 participates in the acute myocardial response to stress and injury.<h4>Methods and results</h4>ST2 mRNA was induced in cardiac myocytes by mechanical strain (4.7+/-0.9-fold) and interleukin-1beta (2.0+/-0.2-fold). Promoter analysis revealed that the proximal and not the distal promoter of ST2 is responsible for transcriptiona ...[more]