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Troponin T

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Troponin T binds Tropomyosin. It forms part of the Troponin complex which regulates the binding of actin and tropomyosin during skeletal and cardiac muscle contraction.

A cardiac isoform of troponin T (cTnT) is used in the diagnosis of cardiac muscle injury.

Reference

  1. Garg P et al. Cardiac biomarkers of acute coronary syndrome: from history to high-sensitivity cardiac troponin. Intern Emerg Med. 2017 Mar;12(2):147-155.

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