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  • Role of Dopamine Receptor 3 in Cardiac Fibrosis 

    Byrne, Shannon Elizabeth (East Carolina University, 2021-12-20)
    Dopamine receptors are known to exist primarily in the central nervous system and have been extensively studied there. However, other organ systems in the periphery, such as the kidney, have been shown to express these ...
  • The Role of Transcription Factors Snail and Slug in Cardiac Myofibroblasts 

    Ferrell, Paul (East Carolina University, 2014)
    CCardiac fibrosis is a major facet contributing to cardiac dysfunction following a myocardial infarction. Persistent and excessive collagen deposition via cardiac myofibroblasts is the hallmark of cardiac fibrosis. Cardiac ...