Animal models to study cardiac arrhythmias

DJ Blackwell, J Schmeckpeper… - Circulation research, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
Cardiac arrhythmias are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, accounting
for 10% to 15% of all deaths. Although most arrhythmias are due to acquired heart disease …

Genomic approaches to identify and investigate genes associated with atrial fibrillation and heart failure susceptibility

KK Patel, C Venkatesan, H Abdelhalim, S Zeeshan… - Human genomics, 2023 - Springer
Atrial fibrillation (AF) and heart failure (HF) contribute to about 45% of all cardiovascular
disease (CVD) deaths in the USA and around the globe. Due to the complex nature …

The cardioprotective effects of semaglutide exceed those of dietary weight loss in mice with HFpEF

C Withaar, LMG Meems, EE Nollet… - Basic to Translational …, 2023 - jacc.org
Obesity-related heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) has become a well-
recognized HFpEF subphenotype. Targeting the unfavorable cardiometabolic profile may …

DWORF extends life span in a PLN-R14del cardiomyopathy mouse model by reducing abnormal sarcoplasmic reticulum clusters

NM Stege, TR Eijgenraam… - Circulation …, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
BACKGROUND: The p. Arg14del variant of the PLN (phospholamban) gene causes
cardiomyopathy, leading to severe heart failure. Calcium handling defects and perinuclear …

Targeted therapies in genetic dilated and hypertrophic cardiomyopathies: from molecular mechanisms to therapeutic targets. A position paper from the Heart Failure …

RA de Boer, S Heymans, J Backs… - European journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Genetic cardiomyopathies are disorders of the cardiac muscle, most often explained by
pathogenic mutations in genes encoding sarcomere, cytoskeleton, or ion channel proteins …

Impairment of the ER/mitochondria compartment in human cardiomyocytes with PLN p. Arg14del mutation

F Cuello, AE Knaust, U Saleem, M Loos… - EMBO molecular …, 2021 - embopress.org
The phospholamban (PLN) p. Arg14del mutation causes dilated cardiomyopathy, with the
molecular disease mechanisms incompletely understood. Patient dermal fibroblasts were …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-omics analyses identify molecular signatures with prognostic values in different heart failure aetiologies

JP Aboumsallem, C Shi, S De Wit… - Journal of molecular and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Heart failure (HF) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, and
there is an urgent need for more global studies and data mining approaches to uncover its …

Phospholamban R14del disease: The past, the present and the future

E Vafiadaki, PC Glijnis, PA Doevendans… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy affects significant number of patients worldwide and is
characterized by life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death …

Protein aggregation is an early manifestation of phospholamban p.(Arg14del)–related cardiomyopathy: development of PLN-R14del–related cardiomyopathy

TR Eijgenraam, CJ Boogerd, NM Stege… - Circulation: Heart …, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: The p.(Arg14del) pathogenic variant (R14del) of the PLN (phospholamban)
gene is a prevalent cause of cardiomyopathy with heart failure. The exact underlying …

Aberrant PLN-R14del Protein Interactions Intensify SERCA2a Inhibition, Driving Impaired Ca2+ Handling and Arrhythmogenesis

E Vafiadaki, K Haghighi, DA Arvanitis… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Phospholamban (PLN), a key modulator of Ca2+-homeostasis, inhibits sarcoplasmic
reticulum (SR) calcium-ATPase (SERCA2a) and regulates cardiac contractility. The human …