Ectopic overexpression of Kir6.1 in the mouse heart impacts on the life expectancy

Abstract We recently reported the reduced ATP-sensitive potassium (KATP) channel activities in the transgenic mouse heart overexpressing the vascular type KATP channel pore-forming subunit (Kir6.1). Although dysfunction of cardiac KATP channel has been nominated as a cause of cardiomyopathy in human...

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Main Authors: Yasuhiro Watanabe, Takashi Kishimoto, Takashi Miki, Susumu Seino, Haruaki Nakaya, Akio Matsumoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-30175-5