Budget Amount *help |
¥4,940,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,140,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
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Outline of Final Research Achievements |
We found that embryonic cardiac specific expressed-clones among unknown long non-coding RNA (lnc RNA) clones using gene trap methods. In one clone of them, the trap vector was inserted into the intron site of lnc RNA AK141659 gene. We elucidated that its clone’s homozygous mice were AK141659 KO mice. AK141659 KO mice did not exhibit significant differences in cardiac morphology and function compared with wild-type mice. To assess the role of AK141659 in pathological mechanism of heart failure, we operated transverse aorta constriction model (TAC) using AK141659 KO mice and analyzed the cardiac function of them.
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