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journal contribution
posted on 2019-03-10, 17:43 authored by Sysa-Shah P, Tocchetti CG, Gupta M, Rainer PP, Shen X, Kang BH, Belmonte F, Li J, Xu Y, Guo X, Bedja D, Gao WD, Paolocci N, Rath R, Sawyer DB, Naga Prasad SV, Gabrielson K.Our studies show that myocardial ErbB2 and βAR signalling are linked in a feedback loop with βAR activation leading to increased ErbB2 expression and activity, and increased ErbB2 activity regulating β2AR expression. Most importantly, ErbB2 kinase activity is crucial for cardioprotection in the setting of β-adrenergic stress, suggesting that this mechanism is important in the pathophysiology and treatment of cardiomyopathy induced by ErbB2-targeting antineoplastic drugs.