Titin isoform switching is a major cardiac adaptive response in hibernating grizzly bears

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 295, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Nelson, O Lynne ^a   Robbins, Charles T ^a   Wu, Yiming ^a,c   Granzier, Henk ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bradycardia; Collagen; Diastolic function; Echocardiography

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; CONNECTIN; ISOENZYME; MUSCLE PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE; HIBERNATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL; BRADYCARDIA; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); ECHOGRAPHY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIAC OUTPUT; COLLAGEN TYPE I; COLLAGEN TYPE III; COMPLIANCE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLES; HIBERNATION; ISOENZYMES; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MYOCARDIUM; PROTEIN KINASES; URSIDAE; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 49849100056     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00234.2008     Document Type: Article

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