Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology
Volume 49, Issue 4 , Pages 639-646 , October 2010

Gender-related differences in ion-channel and transporter subunit expression in non-diseased human hearts

  • Nathalie Gaborit

      Affiliations

    • INSERM, UMR915, l'institut du thorax, Nantes, F-44000 France
    • CNRS, ERL3147, Nantes, F-44000 France
    • Université de Nantes, Nantes, F-44000 France
    • ,
  • Andras Varro

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
    • Division for Cardiovascular Pharmacology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged, Hungary
    • ,
  • Sabrina Le Bouter

      Affiliations

    • INSERM, UMR915, l'institut du thorax, Nantes, F-44000 France
    • CNRS, ERL3147, Nantes, F-44000 France
    • Université de Nantes, Nantes, F-44000 France
    • ,
  • Viktoria Szuts

      Affiliations

    • Division for Cardiovascular Pharmacology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged, Hungary
    • ,
  • Denis Escande

      Affiliations

    • INSERM, UMR915, l'institut du thorax, Nantes, F-44000 France
    • CNRS, ERL3147, Nantes, F-44000 France
    • Université de Nantes, Nantes, F-44000 France
    • Deceased.
    • ,
  • Stanley Nattel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine and Research Center, Montreal Heart Institute and Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Sophie Demolombe

      Affiliations

    • INSERM, UMR915, l'institut du thorax, Nantes, F-44000 France
    • CNRS, ERL3147, Nantes, F-44000 France
    • Université de Nantes, Nantes, F-44000 France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. IPMC, CNRS UMR6097, 660 route des Lucioles, Sophia-Antipolis, 06560 Valbonne, France. Tel.: +33 4 93 95 77 51; fax: +33 4 93 95 77 08.

Received 30 March 2010 ,Revised 27 May 2010 ,Accepted 15 June 2010.

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PII: S0022-2828(10)00242-7

doi: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2010.06.005

Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology
Volume 49, Issue 4 , Pages 639-646 , October 2010

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