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Heart researchers have had hints that a stress response protein, PKC-α, influences the progression to heart failure. The inner workings of this key regulator are now coming to light (pages 248–254).

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Figure 1: PKC-α regulation, as examined by Bruz et al.

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    Hunter C Champion & David A Kass

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Champion, H., Kass, D. Calcium handler mishandles heart. Nat Med 10, 239–240 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0304-239

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