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Valentina Ferradini, Luca Parca, Annamaria Martino, Chiara Lanzillo, Elisa Silvetti, Leonardo Calò, Stefano Caselli, Giuseppe Novelli, Manuela Helmer-Citterich, Federica Carla Sangiuolo and 1 more

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Article in Genes, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 21% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. [Recent research on childhood hypertrophic cardiomyopathy caused byZhongguo dang dai er ke za zhi = Chinese journal of contemporary pediatrics · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Valentina FerradiniDepartment of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", 00133 Rome, Italy.
Luca ParcaDepartment of Biology, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", 00133 Rome, Italy.
Annamaria MartinoDivision of Cardiology, Policlinico Casilino, 00169 Rome, Italy.
Chiara LanzilloDivision of Cardiology, Policlinico Casilino, 00169 Rome, Italy.
Elisa SilvettiDivision of Cardiology, Policlinico Casilino, 00169 Rome, Italy.
Leonardo CalòDivision of Cardiology, Policlinico Casilino, 00169 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6062-5286
Stefano CaselliCardiovascular Center Zurich, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland.
Giuseppe NovelliDepartment of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", 00133 Rome, Italy.
Manuela Helmer-CitterichDepartment of Biology, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", 00133 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9530-7504
Federica Carla SangiuoloDepartment of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", 00133 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6227-4248
Ruggiero MangoCardiology Unit, Department of Emergency and Critical Care, Tor Vergata Hospital, 00133 Rome, Italy.
University of Rome Tor Vergata · ITPoliclinico Casilino · ITCenter for Pediatric Endocrinology Zurich · CHPoliclinico Tor Vergata · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundArrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy (ACM) is a disease of the cardiac muscle, characterized by frequent ventricular arrhythmias and functional/ structural abnormalities, mainly of the right ventricle. To date, 20 different genes have been associated with ACM and the majority of them encode for desmosomal proteins. In this study, we describe the characterization of two novel variants in METHOD AND

resultsIn family A, the autopsy revealed ACM with biventricular involvement in both the proband and his father. In family B, the proband had been diagnosed as affected by ACM and implanted with implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD), due to ECG evidence of monomorphic ventricular tachycardia after syncope. After clinical evaluation, a molecular diagnosis was performed using a NGS custom panel. The two novel variants identified predicted damaging, located in a highly conserved domain: c. 2630T>C is not described while c.2609G>A has a frequency of 0.00000398. In silico analyses evaluated the docking characteristics between proteins using the Haddock2.2 webserver.

conclusionsOur results reveal two variants in sarcomeric genes to be the molecular cause of ACM, further increasing the genetic heterogeneity of the disease; in fact, sarcomeric variants are usually associated with HCM phenotype. Studies on the role of sarcomere genes in the pathogenesis of ACM are surely recommended in those ACM patients negative for desmosomal mutation screening.

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AdolescentAdultArrhythmias, CardiacCardiac MyosinsCardiomyopathy, HypertrophicFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMutationMyosin Heavy ChainsPedigreeCardiac MyosinsMYH7 protein, humanMyosin Heavy Chainsarrhythmogenic cardiomyopathyhypertrophic cardiomyopathyMYH7 genesudden cardiac deathtargeted gene panel

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PMID34067482
PMCPMC8224781
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