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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Ronald Evans
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-8199 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Alaynick William A WA Kondo Richard P RP Xie Wen W He Weimin W Dufour Catherine R CR Downes Michael M Jonker Johan W JW Giles Wayne W Naviaux Robert K RK Giguère Vincent V Evans Ronald M RM
Cell metabolism 20070701 1
At birth, the heart undergoes a critical metabolic switch from a predominant dependence on carbohydrates during fetal life to a greater dependence on postnatal oxidative metabolism. This remains the principle metabolic state throughout life, although pathologic conditions such as heart failure and cardiac hypertrophy reactivate components of the fetal genetic program to increase carbohydrate utilization. Disruption of the ERRgamma gene (Esrrg), which is expressed at high levels in the fetal and ...[more]