260 - c-KIT RECEPTOR IS ESSENTIAL FOR FUNCTIONAL CARDIAC REPAIR POST-MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
B Ayach, M Yoshimitsu, C Siatskas, P Lee, H Lim, F Dawood, M Chen, JA Medin, PP Liu
Toronto, Ontario

261 - INHIBITION OF INTRACELLULAR MATRIX-METALLOPROTEINASES PROTECTS ACTIVATION FROM PEROXYNITRITE-INDUCED MECHANICAL DYSFUNCTION IN SINGLE CARDIAC MYOCYTES
H Leon, I Baczko, G Sawicki, PE Light, R Schulz
Edmonton, Alberta

262 - OVER EXPRESSION OF TIMP-3 AFTER MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION PRESERVES HEART FUNCTION
D Angoulvant, S Fazel, RD Weisel, PW Fedak, AP Wong, S Rafati, CK Seneviratne, DA Mickle, RK Li
Toronto, Ontario

263 - AKT SIGNALING IN CANINE PACING-INDUCED HEART FAILURE
GW Moe, R Ananthakrishna, MJ Goldenthal, J Marin-Garcia
Toronto, Ontario; Highland Park, New Jersey, USA

264 - IMPLICATION AND ELUCIDATION OF THE PI3K PATHWAY IN HEART FAILURE DUE TO CHRONIC VOLUME OVERLOAD IN THE MOUSE
N Noiseux, M Mirotsou, VJ Dzau, RE Pratt
Boston, Massachusetts, USA

265 - INHIBITION OF DEPHOSPHORYLATION PROTECTS HEARTS FROM ISCHEMIA-REPERFUSION INJURY
M Sariahmetoglu, M Skrzypiec, J Sawicka, G Sawicki, R Schulz
Edmonton, Alberta; Wroclaw, Poland