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Dysferlin deficiency confers increased susceptibility to coxsackievirus-induced cardiomyopathy.
Cellular microbiology - 1 Oct 2015
Wang Chen, Wong Jerry, Fung Gabriel, Shi Junyan, Deng Haoyu, Zhang Jingchun, Bernatchez Pascal, Luo Honglin
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Coxsackievirus infection can lead to viral myocarditis and its sequela, dilated cardiomyopathy, which represent major causes of cardiovascular mortality worldwide in children. Yet, the host genetic susceptible factors and the underlying mechanisms by which viral infection damages cardiac function remain to be fully resolved. Dysferlin is a transmembrane protein highly expressed in skeletal and cardiac muscles. In...
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