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Cardiac and skeletal muscle abnormality in taurine transporter-knockout mice.
Journal of biomedical science - 24 Aug 2010
Ito Takashi, Oishi Shohei, Takai Mika, Kimura Yasushi, Uozumi Yoriko, Fujio Yasushi, Schaffer Stephen W, Azuma Junichi
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Taurine, a sulfur-containing beta-amino acid, is highly contained in heart and skeletal muscle. Taurine has a variety of biological actions, such as ion movement, calcium handling and cytoprotection in the cardiac and skeletal muscles. Meanwhile, taurine deficiency leads various pathologies, incl...
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