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Cardiac-specific ablation of the Na+-Ca2+ exchanger confers protection against ischemia/reperfusion injury.
Circulation research - 28 Oct 2005
Imahashi Kenichi, Pott Christian, Goldhaber Joshua I, Steenbergen Charles, Philipson Kenneth D, Murphy Elizabeth
Abstract excerpt
During ischemia and reperfusion, with an increase in intracellular Na+ and a depolarized membrane potential, Ca2+ may enter the myocyte in exchange for intracellular Na+ via reverse-mode Na+-Ca2+ exchange (NCX). To test the role of Ca2+ entry via NCX during ischemia and reperfusion, we studied mice with cardiac-specific ablation of NCX (NCX-KO) and demonstrated that reverse-mode Ca2+ influx is absent in the...
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