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Manipulation of death pathways in desmin-related cardiomyopathy.
Circulation research - 14 May 2010
Maloyan Alina, Sayegh Jennifer, Osinska Hanna, Chua Balvin H L, Robbins Jeffrey
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RATIONALE: Transgenic mice with cardiac specific overexpression of mutated alphaB-crystallin (CryAB(R120G)) display Desmin-related myopathy (DRM) with dilated cardiomyopathy and heart failure. Our previous studies showed the presence of progressive mitochondrial abnormalities and activation of apoptotic cell death in CryAB(R120G) transgenic hearts. However, the role of mitochondrial dysfunction and apoptosis in...
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