Abstract
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.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Circulation. Cardiovascular genetics |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| Pages (from-to) | 615-23 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| ISSN | 1942-325X |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Dec 2013 |
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