2021
A murine model of the human CREBRFR457Q obesity-risk variant does not influence energy or glucose homeostasis in response to nutritional stress
Kanshana JS, Mattila PE, Ewing MC, Wood AN, Schoiswohl G, Meyer AC, Kowalski A, Rosenthal SL, Gingras S, Kaufman BA, Lu R, Weeks DE, McGarvey ST, Minster RL, Hawley NL, Kershaw EE. A murine model of the human CREBRFR457Q obesity-risk variant does not influence energy or glucose homeostasis in response to nutritional stress. PLOS ONE 2021, 16: e0251895. PMID: 34520472, PMCID: PMC8439463, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0251895.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMurine modelGlucose homeostasisEnergy/glucose homeostasisOdds of diabetesOdds of obesityObesity risk variantsAlternative preclinical modelsPromotes obesityPreclinical modelsKnockin miceObesityDiabetesStrong heritable componentExtensive phenotypic analysisMissense variantsOrthologous variantDiseaseMiceOddsAdaptive transcriptional responseExtreme nutritional stressNutritional stressHomeostasisGenetic contributionRegulatory factors
2013
Advancing functional engineered cardiac tissues toward a preclinical model of human myocardium
Turnbull IC, Karakikes I, Serrao GW, Backeris P, Lee J, Xie C, Senyei G, Gordon RE, Li RA, Akar FG, Hajjar RJ, Hulot J, Costa KD. Advancing functional engineered cardiac tissues toward a preclinical model of human myocardium. The FASEB Journal 2013, 28: 644-654. PMID: 24174427, PMCID: PMC3898643, DOI: 10.1096/fj.13-228007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman myocardiumPreclinical modelsCardiac tissueAlternative preclinical modelsAction potential durationFrank-Starling mechanismCycle length dependenceHuman embryonic stem cell-derived cardiomyocytesDose-response curveEmbryonic stem cell-derived cardiomyocytesStem cell-derived cardiomyocytesHuman heart musclePositive chronotropicInotropic responseCardiac refractorinessCell-derived cardiomyocytesTrabecular musclesPotential durationPharmacodynamic modelMRNA expressionMyocardiumHeart muscleCardiac-specific genesTranslational researchCardiac electrophysiology
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