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49. Tian M, Jiang X, Li X, Yang J, Zhang C, Zhang W. LKB1IP promotes pathological cardiac hypertrophy by targeting PTEN/Akt signalling pathway. J Cell Mol Med. 2021 Mar;25(5):2517-2529.
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