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Cardiac hypertrophy in mice expressing unphosphorylatable phospholemman.
Cardiovascular research - 1 Oct 2014
Boguslavskyi Andrii, Pavlovic Davor, Aughton Karen, Clark James E, Howie Jacqueline, Fuller William, Shattock Michael J
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AIMS: Elevation of intracellular Na in the failing myocardium contributes to contractile dysfunction, the negative force-frequency relationship, and arrhythmias. Although phospholemman (PLM) is recognized to form the link between signalling pathways and Na/K pump activity, the possibility that defects in its regulation contribute to elevation of intracellular Na has not been investigated. Our aim was to test the...
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