Factor responsible for Cardiac Hypertrophy is?: (A) ANF, (B) TNF alpha, (C) c-myc, (D) TGF beta
Answer is C. Ans. (c) c-myc(Ref: Robbins 9th/pg 527; 8th/pg 532)Cardiac Hypertrophy: PathophysiologyMolecular changes include the expression of immediate- early genes (e.g., FOS, IUN, MYC, and EGR1)