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CaV1.2 channelopathic mutations evoke diverse pathophysiological mechanisms.
The Journal of general physiology - 7 Nov 2022
Bamgboye Moradeke A, Herold Kevin G, Vieira Daiana C O, Traficante Maria K, Rogers Philippa J, Ben-Johny Manu, Dick Ivy E
Abstract excerpt
The first pathogenic mutation in CaV1.2 was identified in 2004 and was shown to cause a severe multisystem disorder known as Timothy syndrome (TS). The mutation was localized to the distal S6 region of the channel, a region known to play a major role in channel activation. TS patients suffer from life-threatening cardiac symptoms as well as significant neurodevelopmental deficits, including autism spectrum...
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