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The Carney complex gene PRKAR1A plays an essential role in cardiac development and myxomagenesis.
Trends in cardiovascular medicine - 1 Feb 2009
Yin Zhirong, Kirschner Lawrence S
Abstract excerpt
Cardiac myxomas are the most common primary tumors of the heart, although little is known about their etiology. Mutations of the protein kinase A regulatory subunit gene PRKAR1A cause inherited myxomas in the setting of the Carney complex tumor syndrome, providing a possible window for understanding their pathogenesis. We recently reported that cardiac-specific knockout of this gene causes myxomatous changes in...
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