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Differential effect of troponin T mutations on the inotropic responsiveness of mouse hearts--role of myofilament Ca2+ sensitivity increase.
The Journal of physiology - 15 Aug 2006
Sirenko Syevda G, Potter James D, Knollmann Björn C
Abstract excerpt
Troponin T (TnT) mutations that cause familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (FHC) and sudden cardiac death frequently increase myofilament Ca2+ sensitivity, suggesting that their Ca2+-sensitizing effect contributes importantly to the FHC pathogenesis. To test this hypothesis, we compared transgenic mice expressing the Ca2+-sensitizing TnT-I79N mutant (I79N), which causes a high rate of sudden cardiac death in...
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