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ReviewHeart failure reviews2021

Advances in the role and mechanism of BAG3 in dilated cardiomyopathy.

Leiling Liu, Kaijun Sun, Xiaojun Zhang, Ying Tang, Danyan Xu

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Review in Heart failure reviews, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 45 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Dilated Cardiomyopathy: A NovelJournal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2025
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  4. Regulatory mechanisms of mAmerican journal of translational research · 2025
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  9. Regulated cell death pathways in cardiomyopathy.Acta pharmacologica Sinica · 2023
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  12. MicroRNA regulation of BAG3.Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.) · 2022
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  14. Understanding the molecular basis of cardiomyopathy.American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology · 2022
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  20. Blocking Extracellular Chaperones to Improve Cardiac Regeneration.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Leiling LiuDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410011, Hunan, China.
Kaijun SunDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410011, Hunan, China.
Xiaojun ZhangDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410011, Hunan, China.
Ying TangDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410011, Hunan, China.
Danyan XuDepartment of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410011, Hunan, China. xudanyan02@csu.edu.cn.
Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University · CNCentral South University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The B cell lymphoma 2-associated anthanogene (BAG3) is an anti-apoptotic co-chaperone protein. Previous reports suggest that mutations in BAG3 are associated with dilated cardiomyopathy. This review aims to summarize the current understanding of the relationship between BAG3 mutations and dilated cardiomyopathy, primarily focusing on the role and protective mechanism of BAG3 in cardiomyocytes from individuals with dilated cardiomyopathy. The results of published studies show that BAG3 is critically important for reducing cardiomyocyte apoptosis, maintaining protein homeostasis, regulating mitochondrial stability, modulating myocardial contraction, and reducing cardiac arrhythmia, which suggests an indispensable protective mechanism of BAG3 in dilated cardiomyopathy. The significant role of BAG3 in protecting cardiomyocytes provides a new direction for the diagnosis and treatment of dilated cardiomyopathy. However, further research is required to explore the molecular mechanisms that regulate BAG3 expression, to identify a novel therapy for patients with dilated cardiomyopathy.

Indexed as

Cardiomyopathy, DilatedAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingApoptosis Regulatory ProteinsHumansMutationMyocytes, CardiacAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingApoptosis Regulatory ProteinsBAG3 protein, humanApoptosisAutophagyBAG3CardiomyocytesDilated cardiomyopathy (DCM)

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PMID31808029
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