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A novel strategy using cardiac sodium channel polymorphic fragments to rescue trafficking-deficient SCN5A mutations.
Circulation. Cardiovascular genetics - 1 Oct 2011
Shinlapawittayatorn Krekwit, Dudash Lynn A, Du Xi X, Heller Lisa, Poelzing Steven, Ficker Eckhard, Deschênes Isabelle
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Brugada syndrome (BrS) is associated with mutations in the cardiac sodium channel (Na(v)1.5). We previously reported that the function of a trafficking-deficient BrS Na(v)1.5 mutation, R282H, could be restored by coexpression with the sodium channel polymorphism H558R. Here, we tested the hypothesis that peptide fragments from Na(v)1.5, spanning the H558R polymorphism, can be used to restore...
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