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ArticleJournal of the American Heart Association2017

Dysfunction of Myosin Light-Chain 4 (MYL4) Leads to Heritable Atrial Cardiomyopathy With Electrical, Contractile, and Structural Components: Evidence From Genetically-Engineered Rats.

Wenhui Peng, Miaoxin Li, Hailing Li, Kai Tang, Jianhui Zhuang, Jianguo Zhang, Jingjing Xiao, Hui Jiang, Dali Li, Yongchun Yu and 3 more

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Article in Journal of the American Heart Association, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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43 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Wenhui PengDepartment of Cardiology, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
Miaoxin LiDepartment of Psychiatry, Centre for Genomic Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong.
Hailing LiDepartment of Cardiology, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
Kai TangDepartment of Cardiology, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
Jianhui ZhuangDepartment of Cardiology, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.
Jianguo ZhangBGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China.
Jingjing XiaoBGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China.
Hui JiangBGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China.
Dali LiShanghai Key Laboratory of Regulatory Biology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences and School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China.
Yongchun YuShanghai Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Pak C ShamDepartment of Psychiatry, Centre for Genomic Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong.
Stanley NattelDepartment of Medicine, Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Yawei XuDepartment of Cardiology, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China xuyawei@tongji.edu.cn.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThere is increasing interest in the concept of atrial cardiomyopathy, but the underlying molecular and mechanistic determinants remain poorly defined. We identified a family with heritable atrial cardiomyopathy manifesting as progressive atrial-selective electromechanical dysfunction, tachyarrhythmias, and bradyarrhythmias requiring pacemaker implantation. Myosin light-chain 4 ( METHODS AND

resultsExome sequencing and systematic bioinformatic analyses identified a rare missense variant of

conclusionsLoss-of-function

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Atrial RemodelingMyocardial ContractionAction PotentialsAdultAnimalsApoptosisArrhythmias, CardiacCardiomyopathiesDisease Models, AnimalFemaleFibrosisGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseHeart AtriaHeart Conduction SystemHeart RateHeredityMYL4 protein, humanMyosin Light Chainsanimal modelsarrhythmiaatrial fibrillationcardiomyopathyfibrosisgenetics

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PMID29080865
PMCPMC5721782

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