Altered Desmosomal Proteins in Granulomatous Myocarditis and Potential Pathogenic Links to Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy

2011191 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Angeliki Asimaki · University of Padua

Harikrishna Tandri · Johns Hopkins University

Elizabeth R. Duffy · Loyola Medicine

Jeffrey R. Winterfield · University of Padua

Shannon Mackey‐Bojack · University of Padua

Maria M. Picken · University of Arizona

Leslie T. Cooper ·

Abstract

The results suggest novel disease mechanisms involving desmosomal proteins in granulomatous myocarditis and implicate cytokines, perhaps derived in part from the myocardium, in disruption of desmosomal proteins and arrhythmogenesis in ARVC.

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Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise Viral Infections and Immunology Research Sports injuries and prevention

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Circulation Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology

Volume 4, Issue 5, pp. 743-752

DOI: 10.1161/circep.111.964890

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