TNNI3K, a cardiac-specific kinase, promotes physiological cardiac hypertrophy in transgenic mice.

Autor: Xiaojian Wang, Jizheng Wang, Ming Su, Changxin Wang, Jingzhou Chen, Hu Wang, Lei Song, Yubao Zou, Lianfeng Zhang, Youyi Zhang, Rutai Hui
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: PLoS ONE, Vol 8, Iss 3, p e58570 (2013)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058570
Popis: PURPOSE: Protein kinase plays an essential role in controlling cardiac growth and hypertrophic remodeling. The cardiac troponin I-interacting kinase (TNNI3K), a novel cardiac specific kinase, is associated with cardiomyocyte hypertrophy. However, the precise function of TNNI3K in regulating cardiac remodeling has remained controversial. METHODS AND RESULTS: In a rat model of cardiac hypertrophy generated by transverse aortic constriction, myocardial TNNI3K expression was significantly increased by 1.62 folds (P
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