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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2005 Oct 7.
Published in final edited form as: Circulation. 2002 Feb 26;105(8):904–907. doi: 10.1161/hc0802.105564

Phospholamban Ablation, SERCA2a Overexpression, and Improvements in Contraction, Relaxation, and Calcium Handling

% Contraction Contraction Velocity, %/s Relaxation Velocity, %/s τ, s Cells, n
Ad.βgal-GFP 2.7 ± 1.0 8.7 ± 2.6 8.6 ± 4.3 0.6 ± 0.13 8
Ad.asPL 5.0 ± 0.9* 20.3 ± 3.9* 26.0 ± 6.2* 0.29 ± 0.05* 13
Ad.SERCA2a 4.9 ± 1.8* 25.4 ± 8.8* 27.4 ± 10.0* 0.2 ± 0.04* 9

τ indicates time course of relaxation as a function of increasing extracellular calcium.

*

P < 0.01 compared with Ad.βgal-GFP.