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Generation and Application of the Zebrafish heg1 Mutant as a Cardiovascular Disease Model.
Biomolecules - 12 Nov 2020
Lu Shuxian, Hu Mengyan, Wang Zhihao, Liu Hongkai, Kou Yao, Lyu Zhaojie, Tian Jing
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Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of global mortality, which has caused a huge burden on the quality of human life. Therefore, experimental animal models of CVD have become essential tools for analyzing the pathogenesis, developing drug screening, and testing potential therapeutic strategies. In recent decades, zebrafish has entered the field of CVD as an important model organism. HEG1, a heart...
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