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Hypercontractile mutant of ventricular myosin essential light chain leads to disruption of sarcomeric structure and function and results in restrictive cardiomyopathy in mice.
Cardiovascular research - 1 Aug 2017
Yuan Chen-Ching, Kazmierczak Katarzyna, Liang Jingsheng, Kanashiro-Takeuchi Rosemeire, Irving Thomas C, Gomes Aldrin V, Wang Yihua, Burghardt Thomas P, Szczesna-Cordary Danuta
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AIMS: The E143K (Glu → Lys) mutation in the myosin essential light chain has been associated with restrictive cardiomyopathy (RCM) in humans, but the mechanisms that underlie the development of defective cardiac function are unknown. Using transgenic E143K-RCM mice, we sought to determine the molecular and cellular triggers of E143K-induced heart remodelling. METHODS AND RESULTS: The E143K-induced abnormalities...
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