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ReviewLife sciences2012

Cell-cell junction remodeling in the heart: possible role in cardiac conduction system function and arrhythmias?

Valeria Mezzano, Farah Sheikh

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Review in Life sciences, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Valeria MezzanoDepartment of Medicine (Cardiology Division), University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
Farah Sheikh
University of California, San Diego · US

Funding

The molecular mechanisms underlying arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathyR01HL095780 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI SHEIKH, FARAH · 2009 to 2018
$3.9M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL095780
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Anchoring cell-cell junctions (desmosomes, fascia adherens) play crucial roles in maintaining mechanical integrity of cardiac muscle cells and tissue. Genetic mutations and/or loss of critical components in these macromolecular structures are increasingly being associated with arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathies; however, their specific roles have been primarily attributed to effects within the working (ventricular) cardiac muscle. Growing evidence also points to a key role for anchoring cell-cell junction components in cardiac muscle cells of the cardiac conduction system. This is not only evidenced by the molecular and ultra-structural presence of anchoring cell junctions in specific compartments/structures of the cardiac conduction system (sinoatrial node, atrioventricular node, His-Purkinje system), but also because conduction system-related arrhythmias can be found in humans and mouse models of cardiomyopathies harboring defects and/or mutations in key anchoring cell-cell junction proteins. These studies emphasize the clinical need to understand the molecular and cellular role(s) for anchoring cell-cell junctions in cardiac conduction system function and arrhythmias. This review will focus on (i) experimental findings that underline an important role for anchoring cell-cell junctions in the cardiac conduction system, (ii) insights regarding involvement of these structures in age-related cardiac remodeling of the conduction system, (iii) summarizing available genetic mouse models that can target cardiac conduction system structures and (iv) implications of these findings on future therapies for arrhythmogenic heart diseases.

Indexed as

Adherens JunctionsAgedAnimalsArrhythmias, CardiacCell CommunicationDesmosomesDisease Models, AnimalHeart Conduction SystemHeart VentriclesHumansMiceMice, TransgenicModels, CardiovascularMyocytes, CardiacRats

Identifiers

PMID22227473
PMCPMC3488940
OpenAlexW2032770696

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