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Heart-specific overexpression of choline acetyltransferase gene protects murine heart against ischemia through hypoxia-inducible factor-1α-related defense mechanisms.
Journal of the American Heart Association - 18 Jan 2013
Kakinuma Yoshihiko, Tsuda Masayuki, Okazaki Kayo, Akiyama Tsuyoshi, Arikawa Mikihiko, Noguchi Tatsuya, Sato Takayuki
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BACKGROUND: Murine and human ventricular cardiomyocytes rich in acetylcholine (Ach) receptors are poorly innervated by the vagus, compared with whole ventricular innervation by the adrenergic nerve. However, vagal nerve stimulation produces a favorable outcome even in the murine heart, despite relatively low ventricular cholinergic nerve density. Such a mismatch and missing link suggest the existence of a...
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