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Robotic manipulation of cardiomyocytes to identify gap junction modifiers for arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy.
Science robotics - 23 Oct 2024
Dou Wenkun, Shan Guanqiao, Zhao Qili, Malhi Manpreet, Jiang Aojun, Zhang Zhuoran, González-Guerra Andrés, Fu Shaojie, Law Junhui, Hamilton Robert M, Bernal Juan A, Liu Xinyu, Sun Yu, Maynes Jason T
Abstract excerpt
Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM) is a leading cause of sudden cardiac death among young adults. Aberrant gap junction remodeling has been linked to disease-causative mutations in plakophilin-2 (PKP2). Although gap junctions are a key therapeutic target, measurement of gap junction function in preclinical disease models is technically challenging. To quantify gap junction function with high precision and high...
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