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Clinical Impact of Connexin 43 Deregulation on Myocardial Infraction.

Alexandros Tsantoulas, Evangelos Tsiambas, Despoina Spyropoulou, Maria Adamopoulou, Sofianiki Mastronikoli, Dimitrios Roukas, Antonis Vylliotis, Nikolaos Kafkas, Panagiotis Fotiades, George Agrogiannis and 2 more

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Review in Maedica, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Alexandros TsantoulasDepartment of Cardiology, "KAT" General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Evangelos TsiambasDepartment of Cytology, 417 Veterans Army Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Despoina SpyropoulouDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Medical School, University of Patras, Patras, Greece.
Maria AdamopoulouBiomedical Sciences Program, Department of Science and Mathematics, Deree American College, Athens, Greece.
Sofianiki MastronikoliBrighton and Sussex Medical School, Brighton, UK.
Dimitrios RoukasDepartment of Pathology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Antonis Vylliotis"Bioclab" Molecular Lab, Athens, Greece.
Nikolaos KafkasDepartment of Cardiology, "KAT" General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Panagiotis FotiadesDepartment of Surgery, 424 General Military Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
George AgrogiannisDepartment of Pathology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Andreas LazarisDepartment of Pathology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Nikolaos KavantzasDepartment of Pathology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionCoronary artery disease (CAD) is a major and multifaceted health problem but also the first cause of death in modern Western societies. Furthermore, myocardial infarction (MI) constitutes a challenge for analysis in the field of molecular mechanisms, early diagnosis and therapeutic approaches, as its incidence increases every year worldwide. Concerning the histopathological diagnosis in the corresponding cases, a variety of immunohistochemistry (IHC) markers and methods are available to support conventional histology diagnosis. Immunohistochemistry techniques are effective for use in forensic pathology, expanding the limits of differential diagnoses in borderline cases, as they can be applied to tissue samples fixed in formalin and embedded in paraffin.

objectiveThe purpose of the current review was to explore the role of connexin 43 (gene locus: 6q22.31) as a reliable biomarker of myocardial disease/infarction and its impact on MI pathology. MATERIAL AND

methodA systematic review of the literature was carried out based on the international database PubMed. The majority of medical data referred to articles published after the year 2020, whereas specific references of great importance and value were also included. The following keywords were used: coronary, artery, myocardial, infarction, connexin and immunohistochemistry.

resultsA pool of 38 significant articles focused on the mechanisms and novel experimental biomarkers was selected for the present study at the basis of combining molecular knowledge with new clinical features in CAD, and MI histodiagnosis.

conclusionsThe role of connexin 43 - as a significant gap junction intermediate protein - in MI pathology, clinical symptoms and prognosis is critical because its dysfunction is involved in myocardial conduction and the onset of ventricular arrhythmias due to a crucial interruption of the intra-cardiomyocyte's conjunction.

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PMID39188848
PMCPMC11345061

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