cardiovascular system
• heart-to-body weight ratio is decreased in 6 month old mice
• however, hearts do not exhibit hypertrophy
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• cardiac myofibrils develop higher maximum force per cross-sectional area due to enhanced passive force and calcium-induced force amplitude
• myofibrils exhibit an increase in calcium sensitivity of force development and contraction
• the Hill-coefficient, reflecting overall cooperativity of the force-pCa relation is reduced in myofibrils
• cardiac myofibrils exhibit spontaneous oscillatory contractions of sarcomeres
• overall relaxation process is delayed and slower in cardiac myofibrils
• myofibrils show a decrease in the switch-off kinetics of troponin
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Mouse Models of Human Disease |
DO ID | OMIM ID(s) | Ref(s) | |
hypertrophic cardiomyopathy 7 | DOID:0110313 |
OMIM:613690 |
J:161911 |