Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (№ 30271503 and No 30730105) and by Science Foundation of Ministry of Education in China (№ 20050558072)Acknowledgments We thank Prof Jian-xin SHEN (Department of Physiology, University of Shan Tou) and Yan-qiu FENG (Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Southern Medical University) for their help with the Ca^2+ spark recording.
Aim: To examine how the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca^2+ content changes and the underlying mechanism in L-thyroxin-induced cardiac hypertrophy. Methods: Echocardiography was used to confirm the establishment of...
the National Natural Science Foundation of China(№ 30572193 and 30230170)
Aim: The occurrence of ventricular fibrillation (VF) is dependent on the deterioration of channelopathy in the myocardium. It is interesting to investigate molecular changes in relation to abrupt appearance of VF o...
Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundationof China (No 39670835).
AIM: To study the alteration in the mRNA level of cardiac ryanodine receptor 2 (RyR2) and sarco-endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase (SERCA) in L-thyroxin-induced hypertrophy. METHODS: L-thyroxin (500 g/kg) daily was inj...