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Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy mutations alter shear response without changes in cell-cell adhesion.
Cardiovascular research - 1 Nov 2014
Hariharan Venkatesh, Asimaki Angeliki, Michaelson Jarett E, Plovie Eva, MacRae Calum A, Saffitz Jeffrey E, Huang Hayden
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AIMS: The majority of patients diagnosed with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) have mutations in genes encoding desmosomal proteins, raising the possibility that abnormal intercellular adhesion plays an important role in disease pathogenesis. We characterize cell mechanical properties and molecular responses to oscillatory shear stress in cardiac myocytes expressing mutant forms of the...
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