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Table 5 Correlation between markers of serum fibrosis and levels of nuclear NF-AT3 and NF-AT4 in the right and left atria of patients with atrial fibrillation

From: Increased expression of NF-AT3 and NF-AT4 in the atria correlates with procollagen I carboxyl terminal peptide and TGF-β1 levels in serum of patients with atrial fibrillation

  

Fibrosis biomarker

 

Nuclear

Left atrium

PICP

TGF-β1

NF-AT3

 

r = 0.538, P < 0.01

r = 0.444, P < 0.01

 

Right atrium

PICP

TGF-β1

  

r = 0.538, P < 0.01

r = 0.387, P < 0.01

Nuclear

Left atrium

PICP

TGF-β1

NF-AT4

 

r = 0.282, P < 0.01

r = 0.324, P < 0.05

 

Right atrium

PICP

PINP

  

r = 0.264, P < 0.05

r = 0.316, P < 0.01

  1. NF-AT3, Nuclear factor of activated T cells 3; NF-AT4, Nuclear factor of activated T cells 4; PICP, carboxyl-terminal peptide from pro-collagen I; PINP, N-terminal type I procollagen propeptides.