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Inhibition of extracellular signal-regulated kinase signaling to prevent cardiomyopathy caused by mutation in the gene encoding A-type lamins.
Human molecular genetics - 15 Jan 2009
Muchir Antoine, Shan Jian, Bonne Gisèle, Lehnart Stephan E, Worman Howard J
Abstract excerpt
Autosomal Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy and related disorders with dilated cardiomyopathy and variable skeletal muscle involvement are caused by mutations in LMNA, which encodes A-type nuclear lamins. How alterations in A-type lamins, intermediate filament proteins of the nuclear envelope expressed in most differentiated somatic cells, cause cardiomyopathy is only poorly understood. We demonstrated previously...
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