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Does chronic hibernating myocardium induce regional desensitization of beta-adrenergic receptor signaling in a swine model?
Does chronic hibernating myocardium induce regional desensitization of beta-adrenergic receptor signaling in a swine model?
Chronic hibernating myocardium exhibits regional attenuation of beta-receptor adenylyl cyclase signaling, which blunts local contractile responses to sympathetic activation and may protect against myocardial supply/demand imbalance.
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Regional beta-adrenergic desensitization in hibernating swine myocardium warrants caution extrapolating to patients; leaves open human relevance and therapeutic implications.
Iyer et al. (2005) studied this question.
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