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A Murine Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Model: The DBA/2J Strain.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Zhao Wenyuan, Zhao Tieqiang, Chen Yuanjian, Zhao Fengbo, Gu Qingqing, Williams Robert W, Bhattacharya Syamal K, Lu Lu, Sun Yao
Abstract excerpt
Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is attributed to mutations in genes that encode for the sarcomere proteins, especially Mybpc3 and Myh7. Genotype-phenotype correlation studies show significant variability in HCM phenotypes among affected individuals with identical causal mutations. Morphological changes and clinical expression of HCM are the result of interactions with modifier genes. With the...
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