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A small-molecule inhibitor of sarcomere contractility suppresses hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in mice.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 5 Feb 2016
Green Eric M, Wakimoto Hiroko, Anderson Robert L, Evanchik Marc J, Gorham Joshua M, Harrison Brooke C, Henze Marcus, Kawas Raja, Oslob Johan D, Rodriguez Hector M, Song Yonghong, Wan William, Leinwand Leslie A, Spudich James A, McDowell Robert S, Seidman J G, Seidman Christine E
Abstract excerpt
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is an inherited disease of heart muscle that can be caused by mutations in sarcomere proteins. Clinical diagnosis depends on an abnormal thickening of the heart, but the earliest signs of disease are hyperdynamic contraction and impaired relaxation. Whereas some in vitro studies of power generation by mutant and wild-type sarcomere proteins are consistent with mutant sarcomeres...
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