Reduced sodium channel function unmasks residual embryonic slow conduction in the adult right ventricular outflow tract

Circulation Research

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 137-141

  Boukens, Bas J ^a   Sylva, Marc ^a   De Gier De Vries, Corrie ^a   Remme, Carol Ann ^b   Bezzina, Connie R ^b   Christoffels, Vincent M ^a   Coronel, Ruben ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brugada; Cx43; development; RVOT; Scn5a

Indexed keywords

AJMALINE; CONNEXIN 47; HEY2 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; SODIUM CHANNEL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR T BET; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRUGADA SYNDROME; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FETUS; GAP JUNCTION; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE WALL; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; MOUSE; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SODIUM CHANNELOPATHY; SODIUM CURRENT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

BRUGADA; CX43; DEVELOPMENT; RVOT; SCN5A;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BRUGADA SYNDROME; DOWN-REGULATION; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; MICE; MICE, 129 STRAIN; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NAV1.5 VOLTAGE-GATED SODIUM CHANNEL; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 84880573323     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: 15244571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.113.301565     Document Type: Article

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