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SUBMITTER: Kam CY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6123000 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kam Chen Yuan CY Dubash Adi D AD Magistrati Elisa E Polo Simona S Satchell Karla J F KJF Sheikh Farah F Lampe Paul D PD Green Kathleen J KJ
The Journal of cell biology 20180629 9
Desmoplakin (DP) is an obligate component of desmosomes, intercellular adhesive junctions that maintain the integrity of the epidermis and myocardium. Mutations in DP can cause cardiac and cutaneous disease, including arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM), an inherited disorder that frequently results in deadly arrhythmias. Conduction defects in ACM are linked to the remodeling and functional interference with Cx43-based gap junctions that electrically and chemically couple cells. How DP loss impa ...[more]