myocardial infarction, was initially believed to be specific for the heart. However, recent
publications have reported cTnT in sera of patients without cardiac disease; therefore, we
investigated whether cTnT could be found in human skeletal muscle tissues. Using
immunohistochemistry, Western blot, and quantitative cTnT ELISA, we assayed human heart
(n= 3), normal human skeletal muscle (n= 6), and diseased skeletal muscle samples from …