TY - JOUR
T1 - The novel desmin mutant p.A120D impairs filament formation, prevents intercalated disk localization, and causes sudden cardiac death
AU - Brodehl, Andreas
AU - Dieding, Mareike
AU - Klauke, Bärbel
AU - Dec, Eric
AU - Madaan, Shrestha
AU - Huang, Taosheng
AU - Gargus, John
AU - Fatima, Azra
AU - Saric, Tomo
AU - Cakar, Hamdin
AU - Walhorn, Volker
AU - Tönsing, Katja
AU - Skrzipczyk, Tim
AU - Cebulla, Ramona
AU - Gerdes, Désirée
AU - Schulz, Uwe
AU - Gummert, Jan
AU - Svendsen, Jesper Hastrup
AU - Olesen, Morten Salling
AU - Anselmetti, Dario
AU - Christensen, Alex Hørby
AU - Kimonis, Virginia
AU - Milting, Hendrik
PY - 2013/12
Y1 - 2013/12
N2 - The intermediate filament protein desmin is encoded by the gene DES and contributes to the mechanical stabilization of the striated muscle sarcomere and cell contacts within the cardiac intercalated disk. DES mutations cause severe skeletal and cardiac muscle diseases with heterogeneous phenotypes. Recently, DES mutations were also found in patients with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy. Currently, the cellular and molecular pathomechanisms of the DES mutations leading to this disease are not exactly known.
AB - The intermediate filament protein desmin is encoded by the gene DES and contributes to the mechanical stabilization of the striated muscle sarcomere and cell contacts within the cardiac intercalated disk. DES mutations cause severe skeletal and cardiac muscle diseases with heterogeneous phenotypes. Recently, DES mutations were also found in patients with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy. Currently, the cellular and molecular pathomechanisms of the DES mutations leading to this disease are not exactly known.
U2 - 10.1161/CIRCGENETICS.113.000103
DO - 10.1161/CIRCGENETICS.113.000103
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 24200904
SN - 1942-325X
VL - 6
SP - 615
EP - 623
JO - Circulation. Cardiovascular genetics
JF - Circulation. Cardiovascular genetics
IS - 6
ER -