Cardiac and skeletal muscle abnormality in taurine transporter-knockout mice

Taurine, a sulfur-containing β-amino acid, is highly contained in heart and skeletal muscle. Taurine has a variety of biological actions, such as ion movement, calcium handling and cytoprotection in the cardiac and skeletal muscles. Meanwhile, taurine deficiency leads various pathologies, including...

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Main Authors: Ito, Takashi, Oishi, Shohei, Takai, Mika, Kimura, Yasushi, Uozumi, Yoriko, Fujio, Yasushi, Schaffer, Stephen W, Azuma, Junichi
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2010
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2994367/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20804595
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1423-0127-17-S1-S20
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