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Tran P, Linekar A, Dandekar U, Barker T, Balasubramanian S, Bhaskara-Pillai J, Shelley S, Maddock H, Banerjee P. Profiling the Biomechanical Responses to Workload on the Human Myocyte to Explore the Concept of Myocardial Fatigue and Reversibility: Rationale and Design of the POWER Heart Failure Study. J Cardiovasc Transl Res 2024; 17:275-286. [PMID: 37126208 PMCID: PMC10150683 DOI: 10.1007/s12265-023-10391-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2022] [Accepted: 04/20/2023] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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It remains unclear why some patients develop heart failure without evidence of structural damage. One theory relates to impaired myocardial energetics and ventricular-arterial decoupling as the heart works against adverse mechanical load. In this original study, we propose the novel concept of myocardial fatigue to capture this phenomenon and aim to investigate this using human cardiomyocytes subjected to a modern work-loop contractility model that closely mimics in vivo cardiac cycles. This proof-of-concept study (NCT04899635) will use human myocardial tissue samples from patients undergoing cardiac surgery to develop a reproducible protocol to isolate robust calcium-tolerant cardiomyocytes. Thereafter, work-loop contractility experiments will be performed over a range of preload, afterload and cycle frequency as a function of time to elicit any reversible reduction in contractile performance (i.e. fatigue). This will provide novel insight into mechanisms behind heart failure and myocardial recovery and serve as a valuable research platform in translational cardiovascular research.
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- Patrick Tran
- Centre for Sport, Exercise & Life Sciences, Faculty of Health & Life Sciences, Coventry University, Coventry, UK.
- Cardiology Department, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, Clifford Bridge Road, Coventry, UK.
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- Centre for Sport, Exercise & Life Sciences, Faculty of Health & Life Sciences, Coventry University, Coventry, UK
- InoCardia Ltd, TechnoCentre, Puma Way, Coventry, UK
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- Cardiology Department, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, Clifford Bridge Road, Coventry, UK
- Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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- Centre for Sport, Exercise & Life Sciences, Faculty of Health & Life Sciences, Coventry University, Coventry, UK
- Cardiology Department, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, Clifford Bridge Road, Coventry, UK
- Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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- Cardiology Department, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, Clifford Bridge Road, Coventry, UK
- Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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- Cardiology Department, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, Clifford Bridge Road, Coventry, UK
- Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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- Centre for Sport, Exercise & Life Sciences, Faculty of Health & Life Sciences, Coventry University, Coventry, UK
- InoCardia Ltd, TechnoCentre, Puma Way, Coventry, UK
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- Centre for Sport, Exercise & Life Sciences, Faculty of Health & Life Sciences, Coventry University, Coventry, UK
- InoCardia Ltd, TechnoCentre, Puma Way, Coventry, UK
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- Centre for Sport, Exercise & Life Sciences, Faculty of Health & Life Sciences, Coventry University, Coventry, UK
- Cardiology Department, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, Clifford Bridge Road, Coventry, UK
- Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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Addinsall AB, Wright CR, Kotsiakos TL, Smith ZM, Cook TR, Andrikopoulos S, van der Poel C, Stupka N. Impaired exercise performance is independent of inflammation and cellular stress following genetic reduction or deletion of selenoprotein S. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2020; 318:R981-R996. [PMID: 32186893 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00321.2019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Selenoprotein S (Seps1) can be protective against oxidative, endoplasmic reticulum (ER), and inflammatory stress. Seps1 global knockout mice are less active, possess compromised fast muscle ex vivo strength, and, depending on context, heightened inflammation. Oxidative, ER, and inflammatory stress modulates contractile function; hence, our aim was to investigate the effects of Seps1 gene dose on exercise performance. Seps1-/- knockout, Seps1-/+ heterozygous, and wild-type mice were randomized to 3 days of incremental, high-intensity treadmill running or a sedentary control group. On day 4, the in situ contractile function of fast tibialis anterior (TA) muscles was determined. Seps1 reduction or deletion compromised exercise capacity, decreasing distance run. TA strength was also reduced. In sedentary Seps1-/- knockout mice, TA fatigability was greater than wild-type mice, and this was ameliorated with exercise. Whereas, in Seps1+/- heterozygous mice, exercise compromised TA endurance. These impairments in exercise capacity and TA contractile function were not associated with increased inflammation or a dysregulated redox state. Seps1 is highly expressed in muscle fibers and blood vessels. Interestingly, Nos1 and Vegfa mRNA transcripts were decreased in TA muscles from Seps1-/- knockout and Seps1-/+ heterozygous mice. Impaired exercise performance with Seps1 reduction or deletion cannot be attributed to heightened cellular stress, but it may potentially be mediated, in part, by the effects of Seps1 on the microvasculature.
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- Alex Bernard Addinsall
- Centre for Molecular and Medical Research, School of Medicine, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
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- Centre for Molecular and Medical Research, School of Medicine, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
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- School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia
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- Centre for Molecular and Medical Research, School of Medicine, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Medicine-Western Health, The University of Melbourne, St. Albans, Victoria, Australia.,Australian Institute for Musculoskeletal Science, St. Albans, Victoria, Australia
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Lambert M, Claeyssen C, Bastide B, Cieniewski‐Bernard C. O-GlcNAcylation as a regulator of the functional and structural properties of the sarcomere in skeletal muscle: An update review. Acta Physiol (Oxf) 2020; 228:e13301. [PMID: 31108020 DOI: 10.1111/apha.13301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2019] [Revised: 05/03/2019] [Accepted: 05/10/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Although the O-GlcNAcylation process was discovered in 1984, its potential role in the physiology and physiopathology of skeletal muscle only emerged 20 years later. An increasing number of publications strongly support a key role of O-GlcNAcylation in the modulation of important cellular processes which are essential for skeletal muscle functions. Indeed, over a thousand of O-GlcNAcylated proteins have been identified within skeletal muscle since 2004, which belong to various classes of proteins, including sarcomeric proteins. In this review, we focused on these myofibrillar proteins, including contractile and structural proteins. Because of the modification of motor and regulatory proteins, the regulatory myosin light chain (MLC2) is related to several reports that support a key role of O-GlcNAcylation in the fine modulation of calcium activation parameters of skeletal muscle fibres, depending on muscle phenotype and muscle work. In addition, another key function of O-GlcNAcylation has recently emerged in the regulation of organization and reorganization of the sarcomere. Altogether, this data support a key role of O-GlcNAcylation in the homeostasis of sarcomeric cytoskeleton, known to be disturbed in many related muscle disorders.
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- Matthias Lambert
- Univ. Lille, EA 7369 ‐ URePSSS ‐ Unité de Recherche Pluridisciplinaire Sport Santé Société Lille France
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- Univ. Lille, EA 7369 ‐ URePSSS ‐ Unité de Recherche Pluridisciplinaire Sport Santé Société Lille France
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- Univ. Lille, EA 7369 ‐ URePSSS ‐ Unité de Recherche Pluridisciplinaire Sport Santé Société Lille France
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Cole KR, Dudley-Javoroski S, Shields RK. Hybrid stimulation enhances torque as a function of muscle fusion in human paralyzed and non-paralyzed skeletal muscle. J Spinal Cord Med 2019; 42:562-570. [PMID: 29923814 PMCID: PMC6758724 DOI: 10.1080/10790268.2018.1485312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE After spinal cord injury (SCI), hybrid stimulation patterns that interpose paired-pulse doublets over a constant-frequency background may enhance the metabolic "work" (muscle torque) performed by paralyzed muscle. This study examined the effect of background stimulation frequency on the torque contribution of the doublet before and after fatigue. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING Research laboratory in an academic medical center. PARTICIPANTS Five men with chronic sensory and motor-complete SCI and ten non-SCI controls (6 males, 4 females). SCI subjects were recruited from a long-term study of unilateral plantar-flexor training; both limbs were tested for the present study. INTERVENTIONS Subjects underwent plantar flexor stimulation at 5, 7, 9, and 12 Hz. The four background frequencies were overlaid with 6 ms doublets delivered at the start, middle, or at both the start and middle of each train. The 5 Hz and 12 Hz frequencies were analyzed after fatigue. OUTCOME MEASURES Mean torque, peak torque, torque fusion index, doublet torque. RESULTS Trains with doublets at both the start and middle yielded the most consistent enhancement of torque (all P < 0.028). Torque contribution of the doublet was greatest at low stimulus frequencies (all P < 0.016). The low relative fusion of untrained paralyzed muscle preserved the efficacy of the doublet even during fatigue. CONCLUSION Hybrid stimulus trains may be an effective way to increase contractile work in paralyzed muscle, even after fatigue. They may be useful for rehabilitation strategies designed to enhance the metabolic work performed by paralyzed skeletal muscle.
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- Keith R. Cole
- Department of Physical Therapy and Health Care Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
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- Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
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- Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA,Correspondence to: Richard K. Shields, Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, The University of Iowa, 1-252 Medical Education Building, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
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Hortemo KH, Lunde PK, Anonsen JH, Kvaløy H, Munkvik M, Rehn TA, Sjaastad I, Lunde IG, Aronsen JM, Sejersted OM. Exercise training increases protein O-GlcNAcylation in rat skeletal muscle. Physiol Rep 2016; 4:4/18/e12896. [PMID: 27664189 PMCID: PMC5037911 DOI: 10.14814/phy2.12896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2016] [Accepted: 07/19/2016] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Protein O-GlcNAcylation has emerged as an important intracellular signaling system with both physiological and pathophysiological functions, but the role of protein O-GlcNAcylation in skeletal muscle remains elusive. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that protein O-GlcNAcylation is a dynamic signaling system in skeletal muscle in exercise and disease. Immunoblotting showed different protein O-GlcNAcylation pattern in the prototypical slow twitch soleus muscle compared to fast twitch EDL from rats, with greater O-GlcNAcylation level in soleus associated with higher expression of the modulating enzymes O-GlcNAc transferase (OGT), O-GlcNAcase (OGA), and glutamine fructose-6-phosphate amidotransferase isoforms 1 and 2 (GFAT1, GFAT2). Six weeks of exercise training by treadmill running, but not an acute exercise bout, increased protein O-GlcNAcylation in rat soleus and EDL There was a striking increase in O-GlcNAcylation of cytoplasmic proteins ~50 kDa in size that judged from mass spectrometry analysis could represent O-GlcNAcylation of one or more key metabolic enzymes. This suggests that cytoplasmic O-GlcNAc signaling is part of the training response. In contrast to exercise training, postinfarction heart failure (HF) in rats and humans did not affect skeletal muscle O-GlcNAcylation level, indicating that aberrant O-GlcNAcylation cannot explain the skeletal muscle dysfunction in HF Human skeletal muscle displayed extensive protein O-GlcNAcylation that by large mirrored the fiber-type-related O-GlcNAcylation pattern in rats, suggesting O-GlcNAcylation as an important signaling system also in human skeletal muscle.
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- Kristin Halvorsen Hortemo
- Institute for Experimental Medical Research, Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway Center for Heart Failure Research, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Institute for Experimental Medical Research, Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway Center for Heart Failure Research, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Institute for Experimental Medical Research, Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway Center for Heart Failure Research, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Institute for Experimental Medical Research, Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Institute for Experimental Medical Research, Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Institute for Experimental Medical Research, Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway Center for Heart Failure Research, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Institute for Experimental Medical Research, Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway Center for Heart Failure Research, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Institute for Experimental Medical Research, Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway Bjørknes College, Oslo, Norway
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- Institute for Experimental Medical Research, Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway Center for Heart Failure Research, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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Henry R, Peoples GE, Mclennan PL. Muscle fatigue resistance in the rat hindlimb in vivo from low dietary intakes of tuna fish oil that selectively increase phospholipid n -3 docosahexaenoic acid according to muscle fibre type. Br J Nutr 2015; 114:873-84. [DOI: 10.1017/s0007114515002512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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AbstractDietary fish oil (FO) modulates muscle O2consumption and contractile function, predictive of effects on muscle fatigue. High doses unattainable through human diet and muscle stimulation parameters used engender uncertainty in their physiological relevance. We tested the hypothesis that nutritionally relevant FO doses can modulate membrane fatty acid composition and muscle fatigue. Male Sprague–Dawley rats were randomised to control (10 % olive oil (OO) by weight) or low or moderate FO diet (LowFO and ModFO) (HiDHA tuna fish oil) for 15 weeks (LowFO: 0·3 % FO, 9·7 % OO, 0·25 % energy as EPA+DHA; ModFO: 1·25 % FO, 8·75 % OO, 1·0 % energy as EPA+DHA). Hindlimb muscle function was assessed under anaesthesiain vivousing repetitive 5 s burst sciatic nerve stimulation (0·05 ms, 7–12 V, 5 Hz, 10 s duty cycle, 300 s). There were no dietary differences in maximum developed muscle force. Repetitive peak developed force fell to 50 % within 62 (sem10) s in controls and took longer to decline in FO-fed rats (LowFO 110 (sem15) s; ModFO 117 (sem14) s) (P<0·05). Force within bursts was better sustained with FO and maximum rates of force development and relaxation declined more slowly. The FO-fed rats incorporated higher muscle phospholipid DHA-relative percentages than controls (P<0·001). Incorporation of DHA was greater in the fast-twitch gastrocnemius (Control 9·3 (sem0·8) %, LowFO 19·9 (sem0·4), ModFO 24·3 (sem1·0)) than in the slow-twitch soleus muscle (Control 5·1 (sem0·2), LowFO 14·3 (sem0·7), ModFO 18·0 (sem1·4)) (P<0·001), which was comparable with the myocardium, in line with muscle fibre characteristics. The LowFO and ModFO diets, emulating human dietary and therapeutic supplement intake, respectively, both elicited muscle membrane DHA enrichment and fatigue resistance, providing a foundation for translating these physiological effects to humans.
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Hortemo KH, Aronsen JM, Lunde IG, Sjaastad I, Lunde PK, Sejersted OM. Exhausting treadmill running causes dephosphorylation of sMLC2 and reduced level of myofilament MLCK2 in slow twitch rat soleus muscle. Physiol Rep 2015; 3:3/2/e12285. [PMID: 25713325 PMCID: PMC4393194 DOI: 10.14814/phy2.12285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Myosin light chain 2 (MLC2) is a small protein in the myosin complex, regulating muscle contractile function by modulating Ca2+ sensitivity of myofilaments. MLC2 can be modified by phosphorylation and O-GlcNAcylation, two reversible and dynamic posttranslational modifications. The slow isoform of MLC2 (sMLC2) is dephosphorylated in soleus muscle during in situ loaded shortening contractions, which correlates with reduction in shortening capacity. Here, we hypothesize that exhausting in vivo treadmill running induces dephosphorylation of MLC2 in slow twitch soleus, but not in fast twitch EDL muscle, and that there are reciprocal changes in MLC2 O-GlcNAcylation. At rest, both phosphorylation and O-GlcNAcylation of MLC2 were lower in slow than fast twitch muscles. One bout of exhausting treadmill running induced dephosphorylation of sMLC2 in soleus, paralleled by reduced levels of the kinase MLCK2 associated to myofilaments, suggesting that the acute reduction in phosphorylation is mediated by dissociation of MLCK2 from myofilaments. O-GlcNAcylation of MLC2 did not change significantly, and seems of limited importance in the regulation of MLC2 phosphorylation during in vivo running. After 6 weeks of treadmill running, the dephosphorylation of sMLC2 persisted in soleus along with reduction in MLCK2 both in myofilament- and total protein fraction. In EDL on the contrary, phosphorylation of MLC2 was not altered after one exercise bout or after 6 weeks of treadmill running. Thus, in contrast to fast twitch muscle, MLC2 dephosphorylation occurs in slow twitch muscle during in vivo exercise and may be linked to reduced myofilament-associated MLCK2 and reduced shortening capacity.
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- Kristin Halvorsen Hortemo
- Institute for Experimental Medical Research, Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway KG Jebsen Cardiac Research Center and Center for Heart Failure Research, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Institute for Experimental Medical Research, Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway Bjørknes College, Oslo, Norway
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- Institute for Experimental Medical Research, Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway KG Jebsen Cardiac Research Center and Center for Heart Failure Research, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Institute for Experimental Medical Research, Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway KG Jebsen Cardiac Research Center and Center for Heart Failure Research, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Institute for Experimental Medical Research, Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway KG Jebsen Cardiac Research Center and Center for Heart Failure Research, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Institute for Experimental Medical Research, Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway KG Jebsen Cardiac Research Center and Center for Heart Failure Research, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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