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Physiology 22: 328-334, 2007; doi:10.1152/physiol.00015.2007
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Physiology, Vol. 22, No. 5, 328-334, October 2007
© 2007 Int. Union Physiol. Sci./Am. Physiol. Soc.

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Targeting Altered Calcium Physiology in the Heart: Translational Approaches to Excitation, Contraction, and Transcription

Tim Seidler, Gerd Hasenfuss and Lars S. Maier

Department of Cardiology and Pneumology, Heart Center Georg-August-University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Calcium (Ca) is essential for excitation-contraction coupling. At the same time, Ca is of pivotal importance as a second messenger in cardiac signal transduction, where it regulates cardiac growth and function by activation of kinases and phosphatases, ultimately driving transcriptional responses and feeding back on Ca handling proteins, a phenomenon termed excitation-transcription coupling. Cardiac Ca homeostasis thus needs to be maintained via a delicate interplay of proteins to allow physiological function and adaptation, whereas disturbed Ca-handling and Ca-dependent signaling are hallmarks of heart failure. In this review, we will discuss the most recent mechanistic findings in Ca-handling and Ca-signaling proteins in the development of cardiac pathology with a focus on translational aspects.




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