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ArticlePloS one2010

Cardiac muscarinic receptor overexpression in sudden infant death syndrome.

Angelo Livolsi, Nathalie Niederhoffer, Nassim Dali-Youcef, Caroline Rambaud, Catherine Olexa, Walid Mokni, Jean-Pierre Gies, Pascal Bousquet

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Article in PloS one, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Angelo LivolsiLaboratoire de Neurobiologie et Pharmacologie Cardiovasculaire, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
Nathalie Niederhoffer
Nassim Dali-Youcef
Caroline Rambaud
Catherine Olexa
Walid Mokni
Jean-Pierre Gies
Pascal Bousquet
Université de Strasbourg · FRCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FRHôpital Raymond-Poincaré · FRInserm · FRLaboratoire de Psychologie et NeuroCognition · FR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) remains the leading cause of death among infants less than 1 year of age. Disturbed expression of some neurotransmitters and their receptors has been shown in the central nervous system of SIDS victims but no biological abnormality of the peripheral vago-cardiac system has been demonstrated to date. The present study aimed to seek vago-cardiac abnormalities in SIDS victims. The cardiac level of expression of muscarinic receptors, as well as acetylcholinesterase enzyme activity were investigated. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL

findingsLeft ventricular samples and blood samples were obtained from autopsies of SIDS and children deceased from non cardiac causes. Binding experiments performed with [(3)H]NMS, a selective muscarinic ligand, in cardiac membrane preparations showed that the density of cardiac muscarinic receptors was increased as shown by a more than doubled B(max) value in SIDS (n = 9 SIDS versus 8 controls). On average, the erythrocyte acetylcholinesterase enzyme activity was also significantly increased (n = 9 SIDS versus 11 controls).

conclusionsIn the present study, it has been shown for the first time that cardiac muscarinic receptor overexpression is associated with SIDS. The increase of acetylcholinesterase enzyme activity appears as a possible regulatory mechanism.

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AcetylcholinesteraseAutopsyCase-Control StudiesErythrocytesFemaleHeartHumansInfantLigandsMaleModels, BiologicalMyocardiumNeurotransmitter AgentsReceptors, MuscarinicSudden Infant DeathAcetylcholinesteraseLigandsNeurotransmitter AgentsReceptors, Muscarinic

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PMID20209124
PMCPMC2830885
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