Fine mapping of Dyscalc1, the major genetic determinant of dystrophic cardiac calcification in mice.

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Calcification of severely dystrophic muscle is occasionally observed in targeted mouse models of muscular dystrophy and cardiomyopathy. Intracellular calcium deposition occurs in necrotic myocytes in the absence of plasma calcium and phosphate imbalances. In the heart, this recessive trait is referred to as dystrophic cardiac calcinosis (DCC). We identified previously Dyscalc1, a major genetic determinant of DCC,...

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