Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy: new insights into mechanisms of disease

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 166-170

  Saffitz, Jeffrey E ^a   Asimaki, Angeliki ^a   Huang, Hayden ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmias; Biomechanical behavior; Desmosome; Gap junctions; Plakoglobin

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; PLAKOGLOBIN; WNT PROTEIN;

CELL ADHESION; CELL FUNCTION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CYTOSOL; DESMOSOME; GAP JUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA; CELL ADHESION; DESMOSOMES; GAP JUNCTIONS; HUMANS; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PLAKOPHILINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 77951879205     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2009.10.006     Document Type: Review

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