Remodeling of the cardiac sodium channel, connexin43, and plakoglobin at the intercalated disk in patients with arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 412-419

  Noorman, Maartje ^a,b   Hakim, Sara ^a   Kessler, Elise ^a   Groeneweg, Judith A ^a,b   Cox, Moniek G P J ^a,b   Asimaki, Angeliki ^c   Van Rijen, Harold V M ^a   Van Stuijvenberg, Leonie ^a   Chkourko, Halina ^a   Van Der Heyden, Marcel A G ^a   Vos, Marc A ^a   De Jonge, Nicolaas ^a   Van Der Smagt, Jasper J ^d   Dooijes, Dennis ^d   Vink, Aryan ^a   De Weger, Roel A ^a   Varro, Andras ^e   De Bakker, Jacques M T ^b   Saffitz, Jeffrey E ^c   Hund, Thomas J ^f   Mohler, Peter J ^g,h   Delmar, Mario ^a   Hauer, Richard N W ^a,b   Van Veen, Toon A B ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^f Ohio State University   (United States)

^g OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

AC; Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy; Connexin 43; Desmosome; Immunohistochemistry; NaV1.5; Plakoglobin; Plakophilin 2

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; DESMOPLAKIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; PLAKOGLOBIN; PLAKOPHILIN; PLAKOPHILIN 2; SODIUM CHANNEL NAV1.5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARRHYTHMOGENIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESMOSOME; FEMALE; HAPLOINSUFFICIENCY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMOGENIC RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSPLASIA; CADHERINS; CONNEXIN 43; DESMOSOMES; DNA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GAMMA CATENIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PLAKOPHILINS; SODIUM CHANNELS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875364545     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2012.11.018     Document Type: Article

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