Heart attacks are a leading cause of death worldwide and curative therapies are unresolved. FAM3C/ILEI has been identified as a strong protective factor for the heart after heart attack, which raises the question if it can be harnessed for therapy. The funded research of Agnes Csiszar explores the novel idea that an endogenous ILEI protein pool could serve as an emergency reservoir of the ILEI protein to protect the heart after a heart attack.
Agnes Csiszar’s team in cooperation with researchers around Attila Kiss at the Cardiovascular Institute of the Center of Biomedical Research and Translational Surgery receives 1000-Idea Grant from FWF.
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