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Truncating Plakophilin-2 Mutations in Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy Are Associated With Protein Haploinsufficiency in Both Myocardium and Epidermis
5 Apr 2014
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BACKGROUND: Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (AC) is a hereditary cardiac condition associated with ventricular arrhythmias, heart failure, and sudden death. The disease is most often caused by mutations in the desmosomal gene for plakophilin-2 (PKP2), which is expressed in both myocardial and epidermal tissue. This study aimed to investigate protein expression in myocardial tissue of patients with AC carrying PKP2...
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