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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Zhao J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7524786 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
JACC. Basic to translational science 20200928 9
The heart plays a central role in the circulatory system and provides essential oxygen, nutrients, and growth factors to the whole organism. The heart can synthesize and secrete endocrine signals to communicate with distant target organs. Studies of long-known and recently discovered heart-derived hormones highlight a shared theme and reveal a unified mechanism of heart-derived hormones in coordinating cardiac function and target organ biology. This paper reviews the biochemistry, signaling, fun ...[more]