Cardiac and skeletal muscle abnormality in taurine transporter-knockout mice

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Taurine, a sulfur-containing β-amino acid, is highly contained in heart and skeletal muscle. Taurine has a variety of biological actions, such as ion movement, calcium handling and cytoprotection in the cardiac and skeletal muscles. Meanwhile, taurine deficiency...

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Main Authors: Ito Takashi, Oishi Shohei, Takai Mika, Kimura Yasushi, Uozumi Yoriko, Fujio Yasushi, Schaffer Stephen W, Azuma Junichi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-08-01
Series:Journal of Biomedical Science