Article
FGF12 is a candidate Brugada syndrome locus.
Heart rhythm - 1 Dec 2013
Hennessey Jessica A, Marcou Cherisse A, Wang Chuan, Wei Eric Q, Wang Chaojian, Tester David J, Torchio Margherita, Dagradi Federica, Crotti Lia, Schwartz Peter J, Ackerman Michael J, Pitt Geoffrey S
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Less than 30% of the cases of Brugada syndrome (BrS) have an identified genetic cause. Of the known BrS-susceptibility genes, loss-of-function mutations in SCN5A or CACNA1C and their auxiliary subunits are most common. On the basis of the recent demonstration that fibroblast growth factor (FGF) homologous factors (FHFs; FGF11-FGF14) regulate cardiac Na(+) and Ca(2+) channel currents, we hypothesized...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Animals
- Brugada Syndrome
- Cells, Cultured
- Child
- Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
- DNA
- DNA Mutational Analysis
