%0 journal article
%@ 0008-6363
%A Padmasekar, M.,Nandigma, R.,Wartenberg, M.,Schlueter, K.-D.,Sauer, H.

%D 2007
%J Cardiovascular Research
%N 1
%P 118-128 
%R doi:10.1016/j.cardiores.2007.03.003
%T The acute phase protein Alpha2-macroglobullin induces rat ventricular cardiomyocyte hypertrophy via ERK1,2 and PI3-kinase/Akt pathways
%U https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cardiores.2007.03.003
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%X Alpha2-macroglobulin (α2M) is an acute phase protein released to the serum upon challenges such as cardiac hypertrophy and infarction. Here we report on the role of α2M in the induction of hypertrophic cell growth, contractile responsiveness of rat ventricular cardiomyocytes, and on the underlying extracellular regulated kinase 1,2 (ERK1,2) and phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3-kinase)/Akt pathways.