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Mutations in the potassium channel subunit KCNE1 are associated with early-onset familial atrial fibrillation.
BMC medical genetics - 3 Apr 2012
Olesen Morten S, Bentzen Bo H, Nielsen Jonas B, Steffensen Annette B, David Jens-Peter, Jabbari Javad, Jensen Henrik K, Haunsø Stig, Svendsen Jesper H, Schmitt Nicole
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common arrhythmia. The potassium current IKs is essential for cardiac repolarization. Gain-of-function mutations in KV7.1, the pore-forming α-subunit of the IKs channel, have been associated with AF. We hypothesized that early-onset lone AF is associated with mutations in the IKs channel regulatory subunit KCNE1. METHODS: In 209 unrelated early-onset lone AF...
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