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Na+/Ca2+ exchanger is a determinant of excitation-contraction coupling in human embryonic stem cell-derived ventricular cardiomyocytes.
Stem cells and development - 1 Jun 2010
Fu Ji-Dong, Jiang Peng, Rushing Stephanie, Liu Jing, Chiamvimonvat Nipavan, Li Ronald A
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In adult cardiomyocytes (CMs), the Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchanger (NCX) is a well-defined determinant of Ca(2+) homeostasis. Developmentally, global NCX knockout in mice leads to abnormal myofibrillar organization, electrical defects, and early embryonic death. Little is known about the expression and function of NCX in human heart development. Self-renewable, pluripotent human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) can serve as...
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