Follistatin-like 1 in chronic systolic heart failure: a marker of left ventricular remodeling.

  • Ali El-Armouche
  • Noriyuki Ouchi
  • Komei Tanaka
  • Gheorghe Doros
  • Katrin Wittköpper
  • Thomas Schulze
  • Thomas Eschenhagen
  • Kenneth Walsh
  • Flora Sam

Abstract

Follistatin-like 1 (FSTL1) is an extracellular glycoprotein found in human serum. Recent work suggests that FSTL1 is secreted in response to ischemic injuries and that its overexpression is protective in the heart and vasculature.

Bibliographical data

Original languageEnglish
Article number5
ISSN1941-3289
Publication statusPublished - 2011
pubmed 21622850