Cinacalcet ameliorates cardiac fibrosis in uremic hearts through suppression of endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition

Int J Cardiol. 2014 Feb 15;171(3):e65-9. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.11.105. Epub 2013 Dec 7.

¹ Institute of Nephrology, Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University School of Medicine, Nanjing City, China.
² Institute of Nephrology, Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University School of Medicine, Nanjing City, China; Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Duke Medical Center and Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
³ Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Duke Medical Center and Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
⁴ Institute of Nephrology, Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University School of Medicine, Nanjing City, China. Electronic address: [email protected].

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Keywords: Cardiac fibrosis; Cinacalcet; Endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition; Parathyroid hormone; Uremia.

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