RETRACTED: Low-expressed GAS5 injure myocardial cells and progression of chronic heart failure via regulation of miR-223-3P

• Published in: Experimental and molecular pathology Vol. 117; p. 104529
• Main Authors: Li, Gang, Du, Pang, Qiang, Xu, Jin, Dayong, Liu, Haochen, Li, Bo, Guo, Jianjun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Inc 01.12.2020
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Apoptosis - genetics; Cell Line; Female; Heart Failure - blood; Heart Failure - pathology; Humans; Interleukin-6 - blood; Male; MicroRNAs - blood; Middle Aged; Myocardium - metabolism; Myocardium - pathology; RNA, Long Noncoding - blood; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha - blood; Chronic heart failure; Diagnosis; miR-223-3p; GAS5; Myocardial cells
• ISSN: 0014-4800; 1096-0945; 1096-0945
• DOI: 10.1016/j.yexmp.2020.104529

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