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Remodeling of gap junctions and slow conduction in a mouse model of desmin-related cardiomyopathy.
Cardiovascular research - 15 Aug 2005
Gard Joseph J, Yamada Kiyomi, Green Karen G, Eloff Benjamin C, Rosenbaum David S, Wang Xuejun, Robbins Jeffrey, Schuessler Richard B, Yamada Kathryn A, Saffitz Jeffrey E
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OBJECTIVE: We studied a transgenic mouse model of human desmin-related cardiomyopathy with cardiac-specific expression of a 7-amino acid deletion mutation in desmin (D7-des) to test the hypothesis that impaired linkage between desmin and desmosomes alters expression and function of the electrical coupling protein, connexin43 (Cx43). METHODS: Expression of Cx43 and selected mechanical junctions proteins was...
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