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Cardiomyocyte-specific overexpression of the ubiquitin ligase Wwp1 contributes to reduction in Connexin 43 and arrhythmogenesis.
Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology - 1 Nov 2015
Basheer Wassim A, Harris Brett S, Mentrup Heather L, Abreha Measho, Thames Elizabeth L, Lea Jessica B, Swing Deborah A, Copeland Neal G, Jenkins Nancy A, Price Robert L, Matesic Lydia E
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Gap junctions (GJ) are intercellular channels composed of connexin subunits that play a critical role in a diverse number of cellular processes in all tissue types. In the heart, GJs mediate electrical coupling between cardiomyocytes and display mislocalization and/or downregulation in cardiac disease (a process known as GJ remodeling), producing an arrhythmogenic substrate. The main constituent of GJs in the...
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