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Troponin destabilization impairs sarcomere-cytoskeleton interactions in iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes from dilated cardiomyopathy patients.
Scientific reports - 14 Jan 2020
Dai Yuanyuan, Amenov Asset, Ignatyeva Nadezda, Koschinski Andreas, Xu Hang, Soong Poh Loong, Tiburcy Malte, Linke Wolfgang A, Zaccolo Manuela, Hasenfuss Gerd, Zimmermann Wolfram-Hubertus, Ebert Antje
Abstract excerpt
The sarcomeric troponin-tropomyosin complex is a critical mediator of excitation-contraction coupling, sarcomeric stability and force generation. We previously reported that induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (iPSC-CMs) from patients with a dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) mutation, troponin T (TnT)-R173W, display sarcomere protein misalignment and impaired contractility. Yet it is not known how TnT...
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