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Dietary fish oil is antihypertrophic but does not enhance postischemic myocardial function in female mice.
American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology - 1 Apr 2009
Huggins Catherine E, Curl Claire L, Patel Ruchi, McLennan Peter L, Theiss Mandy L, Pedrazzini Thierry, Pepe Salvatore, Delbridge Lea M D
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Clinically and experimentally, a case for omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) cardioprotection in females has not been clearly established. The goal of this study was to investigate whether dietary omega-3 PUFA supplementation could provide ischemic protection in female mice with an underlying genetic predisposition to cardiac hypertrophy. Mature female transgenic mice (TG) with cardiac-specific...
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