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Transgenic rabbit model for human troponin I-based hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Circulation - 10 May 2005
Sanbe Atsushi, James Jeanne, Tuzcu Volkan, Nas Selman, Martin Lisa, Gulick James, Osinska Hanna, Sakthivel Sadayappan, Klevitsky Raisa, Ginsburg Kenneth S, Bers Donald M, Zinman Bruce, Lakatta Edward G, Robbins Jeffrey
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BACKGROUND: Transgenic and gene-targeted models have focused on the mouse. Fundamental differences between the mouse and human exist in Ca2+ handling during contraction/relaxation and in alterations in Ca2+ flux during heart failure, with the rabbit more accurately reflecting the human system. METHODS AND RESULTS: Cardiac troponin I (cTnI) mutations can cause familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. An inhibitory...
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