Revealed:Protein's role in preventing heart muscle growth leading to heart failure

(The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) Hebrew University Faculty of Medicine researchers showed for the first time that the protein Erbin is an important brake that helps prevent pathological cardiac hypertrophy. They showed that damage to this protein leads to excess growth of heart muscle, a decrease in function, and severe pathological growth of heart muscle. Their research has implications for breast cancer treatment, as Erbin interacts with the receptor Her2/ErBb2, which is overexpressed in a...