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Two novel mutations of the IRX4 gene in patients with congenital heart disease.
Human genetics - 1 Nov 2011
Cheng Zhi, Wang Jing, Su Dongmei, Pan Hong, Huang Guoying, Li Xiaotian, Li Zhongzhi, Shen Adong, Xie Xiaodong, Wang Binbin, Ma Xu
Abstract excerpt
IRX4 was the first identified cardiac transcription factor that is restricted to the ventricles at all stages of heart development. Irx4-deficient mice show ventricular dysfunction and develop cardiomyopathy. To study the potential impact of sequence variations in IRX4 on congenital heart disease (CHD) in humans, we examined the coding region of IRX4 in a cohort of 698 Chinese people with congenital heart disease...
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