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Cardioprotective stress response in the human fetal heart.
The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery - 1 May 2005
Coles John G, Boscarino Cathy, Takahashi Mark, Grant Diane, Chang Astra, Ritter Julia, Dai Xiaojing, Du Changqing, Musso Gabriel, Yamabi Hideaki, Goncalves Jason, Kumar Ashu Sunny, Woodgett James, Lu Huanzhang, Hannigan Gregory
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OBJECTIVE: We propose that the fetal heart is highly resilient to hypoxic stress. Our objective was to elucidate the human fetal gene expression profile in response to simulated ischemia and reperfusion to identify molecular targets that account for the innate cardioprotection exhibited by the fetal phenotype. METHODS: Primary cultures of human fetal cardiac myocytes (gestational age, 15-20 weeks) were exposed to...
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