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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
卷 98, 期 10, 页码 5780-5785出版社
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.091415198
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The role of the cardiac myocyte as a mediator of paracrine signaling in the heart has remained unclear. To address this issue, we generated mice with cardiac myocyte-specific deletion of the vascular endothelial growth factor gene, thereby producing a cardiomyocyte-specific knockout of a secreted factor. The hearts of these mice had fewer coronary microvessels, thinned ventricular walls, depressed basal contractile function, induction of hypoxia-responsive genes involved in energy metabolism, and an abnormal response to beta -adrenergic stimulation. These findings establish the critical importance of cardiac myocyte-derived Vascular endothelial growth factor in cardiac morphogenesis and determination of heart function. Further, they establish an adult murine model of hypovascular nonnecrotic cardiac contractile dysfunction.
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