TY - JOUR
T1 - Mouse models of arrhythmogenic cardiovascular disease
T2 - Challenges and opportunities
AU - Nerbonne, Jeanne M.
PY - 2014/4
Y1 - 2014/4
N2 - Arrhythmogenic cardiovascular disease is associated with significant morbidity and mortality and, in spite of therapeutic advances, remains an enormous public health burden. The scope of this problem motivates efforts to delineate the molecular, cellular and systemic mechanisms underlying increased arrhythmia risk in inherited and acquired cardiac and systemic disease. The mouse is used increasingly in these efforts owing to the ease with which genetic strategies can be exploited and mechanisms can be probed. The question then arises whether the mouse has proven to be a useful model system to delineate arrhythmogenic cardiovascular disease mechanisms. Rather than trying to provide a definite answer, the goal here is to consider the issues that arise when using mouse models and to highlight the opportunities.
AB - Arrhythmogenic cardiovascular disease is associated with significant morbidity and mortality and, in spite of therapeutic advances, remains an enormous public health burden. The scope of this problem motivates efforts to delineate the molecular, cellular and systemic mechanisms underlying increased arrhythmia risk in inherited and acquired cardiac and systemic disease. The mouse is used increasingly in these efforts owing to the ease with which genetic strategies can be exploited and mechanisms can be probed. The question then arises whether the mouse has proven to be a useful model system to delineate arrhythmogenic cardiovascular disease mechanisms. Rather than trying to provide a definite answer, the goal here is to consider the issues that arise when using mouse models and to highlight the opportunities.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84898901817&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.coph.2014.02.003
DO - 10.1016/j.coph.2014.02.003
M3 - Review article
C2 - 24632325
AN - SCOPUS:84898901817
SN - 1471-4892
VL - 15
SP - 107
EP - 114
JO - Current Opinion in Pharmacology
JF - Current Opinion in Pharmacology
IS - 1
ER -