Cardiac-Specific Overexpression of Metallothionein Rescues against Cigarette Smoking Exposure-Induced Myocardial Contractile and Mitochondrial Damage

Nan Hu; Xuefeng Han; Erin K. Lane; Feng Gao; Yingmei Zhang; Jun Ren

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0057151

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Cardiac-Specific Overexpression of Metallothionein Rescues against Cigarette Smoking Exposure-Induced Myocardial Contractile and Mitochondrial Damage

Nan Hu,

Affiliation Center for Cardiovascular Research and Alternative Medicine, University of Wyoming College of Health Sciences, Laramie, Wyoming, United States of America
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Xuefeng Han,

Affiliations Center for Cardiovascular Research and Alternative Medicine, University of Wyoming College of Health Sciences, Laramie, Wyoming, United States of America, Department of Physiology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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Erin K. Lane,

Affiliation Center for Cardiovascular Research and Alternative Medicine, University of Wyoming College of Health Sciences, Laramie, Wyoming, United States of America
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Feng Gao,

Affiliations Department of Physiology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China, Department of Cardiology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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Yingmei Zhang ,

* E-mail: jren@uwyo.edu (JR); zhangym197951@126.com (YZ)

Affiliations Center for Cardiovascular Research and Alternative Medicine, University of Wyoming College of Health Sciences, Laramie, Wyoming, United States of America, Department of Cardiology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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Jun Ren

* E-mail: jren@uwyo.edu (JR); zhangym197951@126.com (YZ)

Affiliations Center for Cardiovascular Research and Alternative Medicine, University of Wyoming College of Health Sciences, Laramie, Wyoming, United States of America, Department of Cardiology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
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Cardiac-Specific Overexpression of Metallothionein Rescues against Cigarette Smoking Exposure-Induced Myocardial Contractile and Mitochondrial Damage

Nan Hu,
Xuefeng Han,
Erin K. Lane,
Feng Gao,
Yingmei Zhang,
Jun Ren

Published: February 19, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0057151

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