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Sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca<sup>2+</sup>ATPase as a therapeutic target for heart failure
9 Dec 2009
Abstract excerpt
The cardiac isoform of the sarco/endoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+)ATPase (SERCA2a) plays a major role in controlling excitation/contraction coupling. In both experimental and clinical heart failure, SERCA2a expression is significantly reduced which leads to abnormal Ca(2+) handling and deficient contractility. A large number of studies in isolated cardiac myocytes and in small and large animal models of heart failure...
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