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Unveiling cellular mechanisms underlying MYZAP related dilated cardiomyopathy using patient specific hiPSC cardiomyocytes.
Scientific reports - 21 Apr 2026
Zakzook Fatma, Cherian Reeja Maria, Prajapati Chandra, Pekkanen-Mattila Mari, Ahola Antti, Koskenvuo Juha, Heliö Krista, Heliö Tiina, Aalto-Setälä Katriina
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Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) remains a leading cause of heart failure lacking effective treatments. Despite clinical advances, its pathogenic mechanisms are diverse and unclear. Recent attention has increasingly focused on the intercalated disc (ID), a specialized structure essential for mechanical and electrical coupling between cardiomyocytes and implicated in hereditary cardiomyopathies. MYZAP, an ID protein...
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