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Overexpression of KCNN3 results in sudden cardiac death.
Cardiovascular research - 1 Feb 2014
Mahida Saagar, Mills Robert W, Tucker Nathan R, Simonson Bridget, Macri Vincenzo, Lemoine Marc D, Das Saumya, Milan David J, Ellinor Patrick T
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BACKGROUND: A recent genome-wide association study identified a susceptibility locus for atrial fibrillation at the KCNN3 gene. Since the KCNN3 gene encodes for a small conductance calcium-activated potassium channel, we hypothesized that overexpression of the SK3 channel increases susceptibility to cardiac arrhythmias. METHODS AND RESULTS: We characterized the cardiac electrophysiological phenotype of a mouse...
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