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Desmin mediates TNF-alpha-induced aggregate formation and intercalated disk reorganization in heart failure.
The Journal of cell biology - 2 Jun 2008
Panagopoulou Panagiota, Davos Constantinos H, Milner Derek J, Varela Emily, Cameron Joann, Mann Douglas L, Capetanaki Yassemi
Abstract excerpt
We explored the involvement of the muscle-specific intermediate filament protein desmin in the model of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha)-induced cardiomyopathy. We demonstrate that in mice overexpressing TNF-alpha in the heart (alpha-myosin heavy chain promoter-driven secretable TNF-alpha [MHCsTNF]), desmin is modified, loses its intercalated disk (ID) localization, and forms aggregates that colocalize...
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