Neonatal hyper- and hypothyroidism alter the myoglobin gene expression program in adulthood
Myoglobin acts as an oxygen store and a reactive oxygen species acceptor in muscles. We examined myoglobin mRNA in rat cardiac ventricle and skeletal muscles during the first 42 days of life and the impact of transient neonatal hypo- and hyperthyroidism on the myoglobin gene expression pattern. Card...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
2014-08-01
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| Series: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2014000800670&lng=en&tlng=en |