Molecular pathogenesis of severe cardiomyopathy in the TO-2 hamster

Experimental and Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 143-146

  Sakamoto, Aiji ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cardiac hypertrophy; Cardiomyopathy; Genetic modifier; Necrosis; TO 2 hamster

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; PREPROENDOTHELIN 1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA DETERMINATION; ECG ABNORMALITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GENE EXPRESSION; HAMSTER; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART HYPERTROPHY; HEART MOVEMENT; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 1542285974     PISSN: 12056626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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