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Activation of Na+/H+ exchanger 1 is sufficient to generate Ca2+ signals that induce cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure.
Circulation research - 10 Oct 2008
Nakamura Tomoe Y, Iwata Yuko, Arai Yuji, Komamura Kazuo, Wakabayashi Shigeo
Abstract excerpt
Activation of the sarcolemmal Na(+)/H(+) exchanger (NHE)1 is increasingly documented as a process involved in cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure. However, whether NHE1 activation alone is sufficient to induce such remodeling remains unknown. We generated transgenic mice that overexpress a human NHE1 with high activity in hearts. The hearts of these mice developed cardiac hypertrophy, contractile dysfunction,...
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