PMID- 29850600 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20181010 LR - 20190723 IS - 2314-6753 (Electronic) IS - 2314-6745 (Print) VI - 2018 DP - 2018 TI - Calcium Signaling in the Ventricular Myocardium of the Goto-Kakizaki Type 2 Diabetic Rat. PG - 2974304 LID - 10.1155/2018/2974304 [doi] LID - 2974304 AB - The association between diabetes mellitus (DM) and high mortality linked to cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a major concern worldwide. Clinical and preclinical studies have demonstrated a variety of diastolic and systolic dysfunctions in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) with the severity of abnormalities depending on the patients' age and duration of diabetes. The cellular basis of hemodynamic dysfunction in a type 2 diabetic heart is still not well understood. The aim of this review is to evaluate our current understanding of contractile dysfunction and disturbances of Ca(2+) transport in the Goto-Kakizaki (GK) diabetic rat heart. The GK rat is a widely used nonobese, nonhypertensive genetic model of T2DM which is characterized by insulin resistance, elevated blood glucose, alterations in blood lipid profile, and cardiac dysfunction. FAU - Al Kury, L AU - Al Kury L AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-8338-7655 AD - College of Natural and Health Sciences, Zayed University, Abu Dhabi, UAE. FAU - Smail, M AU - Smail M AD - Department of Physiology, College of Medicine & Health Sciences, UAE University, Al Ain, UAE. FAU - Qureshi, M A AU - Qureshi MA AD - Department of Physiology, College of Medicine & Health Sciences, UAE University, Al Ain, UAE. FAU - Sydorenko, V AU - Sydorenko V AD - Department of Cellular Membranology, Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology, Kiev, Ukraine. FAU - Shmygol, A AU - Shmygol A AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7198-7920 AD - Department of Physiology, College of Medicine & Health Sciences, UAE University, Al Ain, UAE. FAU - Oz, M AU - Oz M AD - Department of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar. FAU - Singh, J AU - Singh J AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-3200-3949 AD - School of Forensic & Applied Sciences, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK. FAU - Howarth, F C AU - Howarth FC AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0224-0556 AD - Department of Physiology, College of Medicine & Health Sciences, UAE University, Al Ain, UAE. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20180410 PL - England TA - J Diabetes Res JT - Journal of diabetes research JID - 101605237 RN - 0 (Blood Glucose) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Blood Glucose/metabolism MH - Calcium Signaling/*physiology MH - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/*metabolism MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Heart Ventricles/*metabolism MH - Myocardium/*metabolism MH - Myocytes, Cardiac/metabolism MH - Rats PMC - PMC5914098 EDAT- 2018/06/01 06:00 MHDA- 2018/10/12 06:00 PMCR- 2018/04/10 CRDT- 2018/06/01 06:00 PHST- 2017/10/18 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/01/16 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2018/03/08 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/06/01 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2018/06/01 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/10/12 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/04/10 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1155/2018/2974304 [doi] PST - epublish SO - J Diabetes Res. 2018 Apr 10;2018:2974304. doi: 10.1155/2018/2974304. eCollection 2018.