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SUBMITTER: Dhandapany PS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2697598 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Dhandapany Perundurai S PS Sadayappan Sakthivel S Xue Yali Y Powell Gareth T GT Rani Deepa Selvi DS Nallari Prathiba P Rai Taranjit Singh TS Khullar Madhu M Soares Pedro P Bahl Ajay A Tharkan Jagan Mohan JM Vaideeswar Pradeep P Rathinavel Andiappan A Narasimhan Calambur C Ayapati Dharma Rakshak DR Ayub Qasim Q Mehdi S Qasim SQ Oppenheimer Stephen S Richards Martin B MB Price Alkes L AL Patterson Nick N Reich David D Singh Lalji L Tyler-Smith Chris C Thangaraj Kumarasamy K
Nature genetics 20090118 2
Heart failure is a leading cause of mortality in South Asians. However, its genetic etiology remains largely unknown. Cardiomyopathies due to sarcomeric mutations are a major monogenic cause for heart failure (MIM600958). Here, we describe a deletion of 25 bp in the gene encoding cardiac myosin binding protein C (MYBPC3) that is associated with heritable cardiomyopathies and an increased risk of heart failure in Indian populations (initial study OR = 5.3 (95% CI = 2.3-13), P = 2 x 10(-6); replic ...[more]