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Postnatal changes in contractile time parameters, calcium regulatory proteins, and phosphatases

I Gombosova1, P Boknik, U Kirchhefer

  • 1Institut fur Pharmakologie und Toxikologie, Westfalische Wilhelms-Universitat, D-48149 Munster, Germany.

Summary

Adult rat hearts exhibit faster contraction and relaxation than neonatal ones. This is linked to increased sarco(endo)plasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase (SERCA) expression and enhanced phospholamban phosphorylation due to reduced phosphatase activity.

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