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The pharmacology of taurine has received close study, and taurine has been shown to be beneficial in conditions as diverse as genetic cardiomyopathy (1), cardiac arrhythmias (2), and epilepsy (5). Deficiencies in taurine have also been associated with the development of such pathological processes as retinal degeneration in cats (9) and cardiomyopathy in humans (4). These investigations have linked taurine with various phenomena without yielding insight into the mechanism by which taurine is acting, or its normal functional involvement in cellular processes.
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Huxtable, R.J., Lippincott, S.E. (1982). Sources and Turnover Rates of Taurine in Newborn, Weanling, and Mature Rats. In: Huxtable, R.J., Pasantes-Morales, H. (eds) Taurine in Nutrition and Neurology. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 139. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0402-0_2
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