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Diphtheria Toxin-induced Autophagic Cardiomyocyte Death Plays a Pathogenic Role in Mouse Model of Heart Failure
24 Jul 2004
Abstract excerpt
It is still not clear whether loss of cardiomyocytes through programmed cell death causes heart failure. To clarify the role of cell death in heart failure, we generated transgenic mice (TG) that express human diphtheria toxin receptor in the hearts. A mosaic expression pattern of the transgene was observed, and the transgene-expressing cardiomyocytes (17.3% of the total cardiomyocytes) were diffusely scattered...
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