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Human iPS cell model of type 3 long QT syndrome recapitulates drug-based phenotype correction.
Basic research in cardiology - 1 Mar 2016
Malan Daniela, Zhang Miao, Stallmeyer Birgit, Müller Jovanca, Fleischmann Bernd K, Schulze-Bahr Eric, Sasse Philipp, Greber Boris
Abstract excerpt
Long QT syndrome is a potentially life-threatening disease characterized by delayed repolarization of cardiomyocytes, QT interval prolongation in the electrocardiogram, and a high risk for sudden cardiac death caused by ventricular arrhythmia. The genetic type 3 of this syndrome (LQT3) is caused by gain-of-function mutations in the SCN5A cardiac sodium channel gene which mediates the fast Nav1.5 current during...
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