[HTML][HTML] Genetics and epigenetics of atrial fibrillation

E Lozano-Velasco, D Franco, A Aranega… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
E Lozano-Velasco, D Franco, A Aranega, H Daimi
International journal of molecular sciences, 2020mdpi.com
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is known to be the most common supraventricular arrhythmia affecting
up to 1% of the general population. Its prevalence exponentially increases with age and
could reach up to 8% in the elderly population. The management of AF is a complex issue
that is addressed by extensive ongoing basic and clinical research. AF centers around
different types of disturbances, including ion channel dysfunction, Ca2+-handling
abnormalities, and structural remodeling. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have …
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is known to be the most common supraventricular arrhythmia affecting up to 1% of the general population. Its prevalence exponentially increases with age and could reach up to 8% in the elderly population. The management of AF is a complex issue that is addressed by extensive ongoing basic and clinical research. AF centers around different types of disturbances, including ion channel dysfunction, Ca2+-handling abnormalities, and structural remodeling. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have uncovered over 100 genetic loci associated with AF. Most of these loci point to ion channels, distinct cardiac-enriched transcription factors, as well as to other regulatory genes. Recently, the discovery of post-transcriptional regulatory mechanisms, involving non-coding RNAs (especially microRNAs), DNA methylation, and histone modification, has allowed to decipher how a normal heart develops and which modifications are involved in reshaping the processes leading to arrhythmias. This review aims to provide a current state of the field regarding the identification and functional characterization of AF-related epigenetic regulatory networks
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