Pentosan polysulfate decreases myocardial expression of the extracellular matrix enzyme ADAMTS4 and improves cardiac function in vivo in rats subjected to pressure overload by aortic banding.
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| Abstract | :  We hypothesized that cleavage of the extracellular matrix (ECM) proteoglycans versican and aggrecan by ADAMTS (a disintegrin and metalloprotease with thrombospondin motifs) proteases, which contributes to stress-induced ECM-reorganization in atherogenesis and osteoarthritis, also play a role in heart failure development. | 
| Year of Publication | :  0 | 
| Journal | :  PloS one | 
| Volume | :  9 | 
| Issue | :  3 | 
| Number of Pages | :  e89621 | 
| Date Published | :  2014 | 
| URL | :  https://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0089621 | 
| DOI | :  10.1371/journal.pone.0089621 | 
| Short Title | :  PLoS One | 
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