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A transgenic mouse model of heart failure using inducible Galpha q.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 2 Dec 2005
Fan Gaofeng, Jiang Ya-Ping, Lu Zhongju, Martin Dwight W, Kelly Damon J, Zuckerman Joan M, Ballou Lisa M, Cohen Ira S, Lin Richard Z
Abstract excerpt
Receptors coupled to Galpha q play a key role in the development of heart failure. Studies using genetically modified mice suggest that Galpha q mediates a hypertrophic response in cardiac myocytes. Galpha q signaling in these models is modified during early growth and development, whereas most heart failure in humans occurs after cardiac damage sustained during adulthood. To determine the phenotype of animals...
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