Modeling of PRDM16haploinsufficiency and a human truncation mutant in zebrafish resulted in
both contractile dysfunction and partial uncoupling of cardiomyocytes, and also revealed evidence of impaired cardiomyocyte proliferative capacity.
An anthelmintic drug, pyrvinium pamoate, thwarts fibrosis and ameliorates myocardial
contractile dysfunction in a mouse model of myocardial infarction.
Not exact matches
The loss of
contractile cells and the inability of the adult mammalian heart to regenerate is a major cause of cardiac
dysfunction and heart failure.