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Cardioprotection in the aging, diabetic heart: the loss of protective Akt signalling.
Cardiovascular research - 1 Sept 2013
Whittington Hannah J, Harding Idris, Stephenson Clemency I M, Bell Robert, Hausenloy Derek J, Mocanu Mihaela M, Yellon Derek M
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AIMS: Old age and diabetes are risk factors that often coexist increasing the vulnerability of the heart to the lethal effects of ischaemia-reperfusion injury (IRI). However, to our knowledge, no investigations have examined IRI and cardioprotective signalling in animal models bearing these co-morbidities concomitantly. The ability of the heart to recover following IRI is greatly dependent on its innate...
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