A broken heart: A stretch too far. An overview of mouse models with mutations in stretch-sensor components

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-44

  Cox, Luk ^a,b   Umans, Lieve ^a,b   Cornelis, Frederique ^a,b   Huylebroeck, Danny ^a,b   Zwijsen, An ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Hypertrophy; Mouse model; Stretch

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

COMPREHENSION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MODEL; HEART; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART VENTRICLE FILLING; HOMEOSTASIS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MUTANT; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SARCOLEMMA; SARCOMERE; SENSOR;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MECHANORECEPTORS; MICE; MUTATION;

EID: 56349153013     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.06.049     Document Type: Review

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