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AlphaB-crystallin modulates protein aggregation of abnormal desmin.
Circulation research - 14 Nov 2003
Wang Xuejun, Klevitsky Raisa, Huang Wei, Glasford Joseph, Li Faqian, Robbins Jeffrey
Abstract excerpt
AlphaB-crystallin (CryAB) is the most abundant small heat shock protein in the heart. Upregulation of CryAB in desmin-related myopathy and its downregulation in end-stage congestive heart failure have both been reported. We previously demonstrated via cardiac-specific transgenesis that modest increases in normal CryAB are not detrimental to the heart, whereas expression of the R120G mutation of CryAB caused a...
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