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Sexually dimorphic myofilament function and cardiac troponin I phosphospecies distribution in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy mice.
Archives of biochemistry and biophysics - 1 Jul 2013
McKee Laurel A K, Chen Hao, Regan Jessica A, Behunin Samantha M, Walker Jeffery W, Walker John S, Konhilas John P
Abstract excerpt
The pathological progression of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is sexually dimorphic such that male HCM mice develop phenotypic indicators of cardiac disease well before female HCM mice. Here, we hypothesized that alterations in myofilament function underlies, in part, this sex dimorphism in HCM disease development. Firstly, 10-12month female HCM (harboring a mutant [R403Q] myosin heavy chain) mice presented...
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