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Molecular Mechanisms of Cardioprotection by Taurine on Ischemia-Induced Apoptosis in Cultured Cardiomyocytes

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  1. Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

    Kyoko Takahashi, Tomoka Takatani, Yoriko Uozumi, Takashi Ito, Takahisa Matsuda, Yasushi Fujio & Junichi Azuma

  2. School of Medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, USA

    Stephen W. Schaffer

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  1. The Center for Laboratory Medicine, Tampere University Hospital, PO Box 2000, FI-33521, Tampere, Finland

    Simo S. Oja

  2. Brain Research Center Medical School, University of Tampere, FI-33014, Finland

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Takahashi, K. et al. (2006). Molecular Mechanisms of Cardioprotection by Taurine on Ischemia-Induced Apoptosis in Cultured Cardiomyocytes. In: Oja, S.S., Saransaari, P. (eds) Taurine 6. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 583. Springer, Boston, MA . https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-33504-9_28

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