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Plakophilin-2 Coordinates Energy Metabolism and Contractility in Cardiomyocytes, Revealing Its Roles beyond Desmosomes

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By Isaac Perea-Gil, Duncan Holbrook-Smith, Juan Alex Aycinena, Anley E Tefera
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Abstract Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is a familial cardiac disease associated with ventricular arrhythmias and an increased risk of sudden cardiac death. Mutations in the desmosome gene Plakophilin-2, PKP2, lead to reduction in PKP2 protein and collapse of desmosomes that is known to compromise contractility and electrical stability of cardiomyocytes.
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