The thrill can kill: Murder by methylation

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Barik, Sailen [1 ]
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[1] Univ S Alabama, Dept Biochem & Mol Biol, Coll Med, Mobile, AL 36688 USA
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10.1124/mol.107.035196
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R9 [药学];
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1007 ;
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Why babies of crack-cocaine mothers develop heart problems has always been a mystery. In this issue of Molecular Pharmacology, Zhang et al. ( p. 1319) show that a specific methylation occurs at the protein kinase C epsilon (PKC epsilon) promoter of the babies born of mother rats exposed to cocaine. This reduces the expression of PKC epsilon, a naturally cardioprotective enzyme, which provides a plausible molecular mechanism for cardiac failure.
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