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Combined deficiency of dystrophin and beta1 integrin in the cardiac myocyte causes myocardial dysfunction, fibrosis and calcification.
Circulation research - 9 May 2008
Elsherif Laila, Huang Michael S, Shai Shaw-Yung, Yang Yuan, Li Rita Y, Chun June, Mekany Majid A, Chu Andrew L, Kaufman Stephen J, Ross Robert S
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The dystrophin-glycoprotein complex is a large complex of membrane-associated proteins linking the cytoskeleton to the extracellular matrix in muscle. Transmembrane heterodimeric (alphabeta) integrins serve also as cellular adhesion molecules and mechanotransducers. In the animal model for Duchen...
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