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Morphological and functional alterations in ventricular myocytes from male transgenic mice with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Circulation research - 6 Feb 2004
Olsson M Charlotte, Palmer Bradley M, Stauffer Brian L, Leinwand Leslie A, Moore Russell L
Abstract excerpt
Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (FHC) is a human genetic disorder caused by mutations in sarcomeric proteins. It is generally characterized by cardiac hypertrophy, fibrosis, and myocyte disarray. A transgenic mouse model of FHC with mutations in the actin-binding domain of the alpha-myosin heavy chain (MyHC) gene displays many phenotypes similar to human FHC. At 4 months, male transgenic (TG) mice present...
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