The genetics and epigenetics of ventricular arrhythmias in patients without structural heart disease

M Wang, X Tu - Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Ventricular arrhythmia without structural heart disease is an arrhythmic disorder that occurs
in structurally normal heart and no transient or reversible arrhythmia factors, such as …

Artificial peptides to induce membrane denaturation and disruption and modulate membrane composition and fusion

I Lāce, ER Cotroneo, N Hesselbarth… - Journal of Peptide …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Membranes consisting of phospholipid bilayers are an essential constituent of eukaryotic
cells and their compartments. The alteration of their composition, structure, and morphology …

The emerging role of epigenetics in therapeutic targeting of cardiomyopathies

C Pagiatakis, V Di Mauro - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Cardiomyopathies (CMPs) are a heterogeneous group of myocardial diseases accountable
for the majority of cases of heart failure (HF) and/or sudden cardiac death (SCD) worldwide …

Clinical genetics of inherited arrhythmogenic disease in the pediatric population

E Martínez-Barrios, S Cesar, J Cruzalegui… - Biomedicines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Sudden death is a rare event in the pediatric population but with a social shock due to its
presentation as the first symptom in previously healthy children. Comprehensive autopsy in …

Brugada syndrome: warning of a systemic condition?

S D'Imperio, MM Monasky, E Micaglio… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Brugada syndrome (BrS) is a hereditary disorder, characterized by a specific
electrocardiogram pattern and highly related to an increased risk of sudden cardiac death …

Ventricular voltage‐gated ion channels: Detection, characteristics, mechanisms, and drug safety evaluation

L Chen, Y He, X Wang, J Ge, H Li - Clinical and Translational …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Cardiac voltage‐gated ion channels (VGICs) play critical roles in mediating cardiac
electrophysiological signals, such as action potentials, to maintain normal heart excitability …

The mechanism of ajmaline and thus brugada syndrome: not only the sodium channel!

MM Monasky, E Micaglio, S D'Imperio… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Ajmaline is an anti-arrhythmic drug that is used to unmask the type-1 Brugada syndrome
(BrS) electrocardiogram pattern to diagnose the syndrome. Thus, the disease is defined at …

Lung-to-heart nano-in-micro peptide promotes cardiac recovery in a pig model of chronic heart failure

A Alogna, L Berboth, A Faragli, J Ötvös… - Journal of the American …, 2024 - jacc.org
Background The lack of disease-modifying drugs is one of the major unmet needs in
patients with heart failure (HF). Peptides are highly selective molecules with the potential to …

Natural L-type calcium channels antagonists from Chinese medicine

F Xu, W Cai, B Liu, Z Qiu, X Zhang - Chinese Medicine, 2024 - Springer
L-type calcium channels (LTCCs), the largest subfamily of voltage-gated calcium channels
(VGCCs), are the main channels for Ca2+ influx during extracellular excitation. LTCCs are …

Brugada 波心电机制的新认识.

李韩, 钟国强 - Journal of Practical Electrocardiology, 2023 - search.ebscohost.com
Brugada 波是一种特殊的心电图形, 表现为右束支阻滞, 右胸导联ST 段抬高和T 波倒置“三联征”,
可导致心律失常和心脏性猝死. 既往认为Brugada 波与遗传学, 电生理学, 神经崤假说等有关 …