Article
Function follows form: cardiac conduction system defects in Nkx2-5 mutation.
The anatomical record. Part A, Discoveries in molecular, cellular, and evolutionary biology - 1 Oct 2004
Jay Patrick Y, Harris Brett S, Buerger Antje, Rozhitskaya Olga, Maguire Colin T, Barbosky Laura A, McCusty Ellen, Berul Charles I, O'brien Terrence X, Gourdie Robert G, Izumo Seigo
Abstract excerpt
Mutations of Nkx2-5 cause congenital heart disease and atrioventricular block in man. The altered expression of an electrophysiologic protein regulated by Nkx2-5 was originally presumed to cause the conduction defect, but when no such protein was found, an alternative hypothesis was considered. In pediatric patients, the association of certain cardiac malformations with congenital atrioventricular block suggests...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
