“…Certain Hsps, especially Hsp70, are thought to play particularly important roles in protection against stress-induced cardiac cell damage such as ischemia-reperfusion injury. Hsp70, one of the most abundant and best characterized Hsps, is a molecular chaperone involved in the folding of nascent and misfolded proteins under nonstressful conditions, and it plays a significant role in the protection of cells against various cellular stressors including heat (Čvoro et al, 1998;Evdonin et al, 2006), hypoxia (Dwyer et al, 1989), ultraviolet irradiation (Li et al, 2005), oxidative stress (Drummond and Steinhardt, 1987), and various others (Oyake et al, 2006). The overexpression of Hsp70 can accelerate ulcer healing by promoting cell proliferation, inhibiting cell apoptosis, and accelerating protein synthesis (Pierzchalski et al, 2006).…”