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Inhibition of Coxsackievirus-associated dystrophin cleavage prevents cardiomyopathy.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 Dec 2013
Lim Byung-Kwan, Peter Angela K, Xiong Dingding, Narezkina Anna, Yung Aaron, Dalton Nancy D, Hwang Kyung-Kuk, Yajima Toshitaka, Chen Ju, Knowlton Kirk U
Abstract excerpt
Heart failure in children and adults is often the consequence of myocarditis associated with Coxsackievirus (CV) infection. Upon CV infection, enteroviral protease 2A cleaves a small number of host proteins including dystrophin, which links actin filaments to the plasma membrane of muscle fiber cells (sarcolemma). It is unknown whether protease 2A-mediated cleavage of dystrophin and subsequent disruption of the...
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