Plakophilin-2 is required for transcription of genes that control calcium cycling and cardiac rhythm

Autor: Marina Cerrone, Jerome Montnach, Xianming Lin, Yan-Ting Zhao, Mingliang Zhang, Esperanza Agullo-Pascual, Alejandra Leo-Macias, Francisco J. Alvarado, Igor Dolgalev, Thomas V. Karathanos, Kabir Malkani, Chantal J.M. Van Opbergen, Joanne J.A. van Bavel, Hua-Qian Yang, Carolina Vasquez, David Tester, Steven Fowler, Fengxia Liang, Eli Rothenberg, Adriana Heguy, Gregory E. Morley, William A. Coetzee, Natalia A. Trayanova, Michael J. Ackerman, Toon A.B. van Veen, Hector H. Valdivia, Mario Delmar
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-16 (2017)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-00127-0
Popis: It is believed that mutations in desmosomal adhesion complex protein plakophilin 2 (PKP2) cause arrhythmia due to loss of cell-cell communication. Here the authors show that PKP2 controls the expression of proteins involved in calcium cycling in adult mouse hearts, and that lack of PKP2 can cause arrhythmia in a structurally normal heart.
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