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SUBMITTER: Mungrue IN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3227394 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mungrue Imran N IN Zhao Peng P Yao Yucheng Y Meng Haijin H Rau Christoph C Havel Jocelyn V JV Gorgels Theo G M F TG Bergen Arthur A B AA MacLellan W Robb WR Drake Thomas A TA Boström Kristina I KI Lusis Aldons J AJ
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology 20111006 12
<h4>Objective</h4>ABCC6 genetic deficiency underlies pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE) in humans, characterized by ectopic calcification, and early cardiac disease. The spectrum of PXE has been noted in Abcc6-deficient mice, including dystrophic cardiac calcification. We tested the role of Abcc6 in response to cardiac ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury.<h4>Methods and results</h4>To determine the role of Abcc6 in cardioprotection, we induced ischemic injury in mice in vivo by occluding the left ante ...[more]