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Beta 1-adrenergic receptor polymorphisms confer differential function and predisposition to heart failure.
Nature medicine - 1 Oct 2003
Mialet Perez Jeanne, Rathz Deborah A, Petrashevskaya Natalia N, Hahn Harvey S, Wagoner Lynne E, Schwartz Arnold, Dorn Gerald W, Liggett Stephen B
Abstract excerpt
Catecholamines stimulate cardiac contractility through beta(1)-adrenergic receptors (beta(1)-ARs), which in humans are polymorphic at amino acid residue 389 (Arg/Gly). We used cardiac-targeted transgenesis in a mouse model to delineate mechanisms accounting for the association of Arg389 with human heart failure phenotypes. Hearts from young Arg389 mice had enhanced receptor function and contractility compared...
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