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Structural and functional implications of the phospholamban hinge domain: impaired SR Ca2+ uptake as a primary cause of heart failure.
Cardiovascular research - 1 Nov 2002
Schmidt Albrecht G, Zhai Jing, Carr Andrew N, Gerst Mike J, Lorenz John N, Pollesello Piero, Annila Arto, Hoit Brian D, Kranias Evangelia G
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OBJECTIVE: The role of sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) in the onset and progression of heart failure is controversial. We tested the hypothesis that impairment of SR Ca2+ sequestration may be a primary cause for progressive left ventricular (LV) dysfunction and the phospholamban hinge domain may be critical in this process. METHODS: A phospholamban hinge domain mutant (PLB/N27A) was introduced in the cardiac...
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