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SUBMITTER: Lalani SR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2680125 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Journal of medical genetics 20080923 3
<h4>Background</h4>Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome (WPW) is a bypass re-entrant tachycardia that results from an abnormal connection between the atria and ventricles. Mutations in PRKAG2 have been described in patients with familial WPW syndrome and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Based on the role of bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) signalling in the development of annulus fibrosus in mice, it has been proposed that BMP signalling through the type 1a receptor and other downstream components may pla ...[more]