Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy: Moving toward mechanism

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 116, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1825-1828

  MacRae, Calum A ^a   Birchmeier, Walter ^b   Thierfelder, Ludwig ^b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c FRANZ VOLHARD CLINIC   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; DESMOPLAKIN; PLAKOGLOBIN; WNT PROTEIN;

ADIPOCYTE; ADIPOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DESMOSOME; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA; BETA CATENIN; DESMOPLAKINS; GAMMA CATENIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; PLAKOPHILINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 33745813864     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: 15588238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI29174     Document Type: Review

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