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SUBMITTER: Davis J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4874838 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Davis Jennifer J Davis L Craig LC Correll Robert N RN Makarewich Catherine A CA Schwanekamp Jennifer A JA Moussavi-Harami Farid F Wang Dan D York Allen J AJ Wu Haodi H Houser Steven R SR Seidman Christine E CE Seidman Jonathan G JG Regnier Michael M Metzger Joseph M JM Wu Joseph C JC Molkentin Jeffery D JD
Cell 20160421 5
The heart either hypertrophies or dilates in response to familial mutations in genes encoding sarcomeric proteins, which are responsible for contraction and pumping. These mutations typically alter calcium-dependent tension generation within the sarcomeres, but how this translates into the spectrum of hypertrophic versus dilated cardiomyopathy is unknown. By generating a series of cardiac-specific mouse models that permit the systematic tuning of sarcomeric tension generation and calcium fluxing ...[more]