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A Doxorubicin-induced Cardiomyopathy Model in Adult Zebrafish
Published on: June 7, 2018
[Molecular genetics of cardiomyopathies]
1Sección de Cardiología, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA. rroberts@bcm.tmc.edu
Abstract:
In the last decade our understanding of cardiac pathophysiology has experienced significant advances linked to major advances in molecular genetics. Although many genes are associated today with cardiac diseases, the genetics of both hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and dilated cardiomyopathy have generated great interest. The familial nature of the disease in some patients has been very useful in this regard. In addition, there are also excellent experimental models to study the implications of the genetic abnormalities. Altogether the study of the molecular genetics of the cardiomyopathies should provide not only prognostic information but also new therapeutic alternatives.
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