Nature Communications (Mar 2023)

Fibroblast growth factor 18 alleviates stress-induced pathological cardiac hypertrophy in male mice

  • Gen Chen,
  • Ning An,
  • Jingling Shen,
  • Huinan Chen,
  • Yunjie Chen,
  • Jia Sun,
  • Zhicheng Hu,
  • Junhui Qiu,
  • Cheng Jin,
  • Shengqu He,
  • Lin Mei,
  • Yanru Sui,
  • Wanqian Li,
  • Peng Chen,
  • Xueqiang Guan,
  • Maoping Chu,
  • Yang Wang,
  • Litai Jin,
  • Kwonseop Kim,
  • Xiaokun Li,
  • Weitao Cong,
  • Xu Wang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36895-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 18

Abstract

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Although the role of FGFs in cardiovascular disease has attracted extensive attention, the potential role of FGF18 in pathological cardiac hypertrophy remains unknown. Here, the authors show the cardioprotective effect of FGF18 is mediated by maintaining redox homeostasis through FYN/Nox4 signaling.