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Decreased cardiac activity of AMP deaminase in subjects with the AMPD1 mutation--a potential mechanism of protection in heart failure.
Cardiovascular research - 1 Sept 2003
Kalsi Kameljit K, Yuen Ada H Y, Rybakowska Iwona M, Johnson Philip H, Slominska Ewa, Birks Emma J, Kaletha Krystian, Yacoub Magdi H, Smolenski Ryszard T
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Possession of the C34T (Glu12Stop) nonsense mutation in the AMP-deaminase 1 (AMPD1) gene has been shown to be associated with improved prognosis in heart failure and ischemic heart disease. The most likely event leading to these clinical effects is a reduced capacity of the AMP deamination pathway and increased production of cardio-protective adenosine. However, since AMPD1 is predominantly expressed...
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