Nature Communications (Feb 2018)

Hypoxia-inducible factor 2-alpha-dependent induction of amphiregulin dampens myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury

  • Michael Koeppen,
  • Jae W. Lee,
  • Seong-Wook Seo,
  • Kelley S. Brodsky,
  • Simone Kreth,
  • Ivana V. Yang,
  • Peter M. Buttrick,
  • Tobias Eckle,
  • Holger K. Eltzschig

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03105-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Myocardial ischemia–reperfusion injury stabilizes the hypoxia-inducible factor HIF2-alpha. Here, the authors show that HIF2-alpha protects the heart from injury via induction of the epidermal growth factor amphiregulin, and that amphiregulin administration is cardioprotective in mice.