Ablation of the androgen receptor gene modulates atrial electrophysiology and arrhythmogenesis with calcium protein dysregulation

Endocrinology

Volumn 154, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2833-2842

  Tsai, Wen Chin ^a,b   Yang, Liang Yo ^c,e   Chen, Yao Chang ^f   Kao, Yu Hsun ^d,e   Lin, Yung Kuo ^e   Chen, Shih Ann ^h,i   Cheng, Ching Feng ^a,b   Chen, Yi Jen ^d,g  

^a BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^g TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^h NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

ⁱ TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; CALCIUM CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CALCIUM ION; ESTRADIOL; ISOPRENALINE; OUABAIN; PHOSPHOLAMBAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HEART MUSCLE POTENTIAL; HOMEOSTASIS; HYPOCALCEMIA; MALE; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MICROELECTRODE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNELS, L-TYPE; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CALCIUM-CALMODULIN-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE TYPE 2; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HEART; HEART ATRIA; ISOPROTERENOL; KV1.4 POTASSIUM CHANNEL; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OUABAIN; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, INWARDLY RECTIFYING; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SODIUM-CALCIUM EXCHANGER;

EID: 84880650697     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2012-2265     Document Type: Article

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