Population
Neonatal rat ventricular myocytes
Comparison
Inhibitors of capacitative calcium entry vs Inhibitors of L-type channels
Design
Preclinical
Authors
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CCE inhibition may target hypertrophy pathways; animal data leaves open translation to human HF therapy.
Capacitative calcium entry plays a crucial role in Ca(2+)-mediated cardiac hypertrophy and NFAT nuclear translocation in cardiomyocytes.
Hunton et al. (2002) studied this question.
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