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Physiological growth synergizes with pathological genes in experimental cardiomyopathy.
Circulation research - 10 Dec 2004
Syed Faisal, Odley Amy, Hahn Harvey S, Brunskill Eric W, Lynch Roy A, Marreez Yehia, Sanbe Atsushi, Robbins Jeffrey, Dorn Gerald W
Abstract excerpt
Hundreds of signaling molecules have been assigned critical roles in the pathogenesis of myocardial hypertrophy and heart failure based on cardiac phenotypes from alpha-myosin heavy chain-directed overexpression mice. Because permanent ventricular transgene expression in this system begins during a period of rapid physiological neonatal growth, resulting phenotypes are the combined consequences of transgene...
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