The structural basis of ryanodine receptor ion channel function

G Meissner - Journal of General Physiology, 2017 - rupress.org
Large-conductance Ca2+ release channels known as ryanodine receptors (RyRs) mediate
the release of Ca2+ from an intracellular membrane compartment, the endo/sarcoplasmic …

Molecular and tissue mechanisms of catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia

MJ Wleklinski, PJ Kannankeril… - The Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT) is a stress‐induced cardiac
channelopathy that has a high mortality in untreated patients. Our understanding has grown …

Long noncoding RNA Chast promotes cardiac remodeling

J Viereck, R Kumarswamy, A Foinquinos… - Science translational …, 2016 - science.org
Recent studies highlighted long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) to play an important role in
cardiac development. However, understanding of lncRNAs in cardiac diseases is still …

Cardiac ryanodine receptor calcium release deficiency syndrome

B Sun, J Yao, M Ni, J Wei, X Zhong, W Guo… - Science translational …, 2021 - science.org
Cardiac ryanodine receptor (RyR2) gain-of-function mutations cause catecholaminergic
polymorphic ventricular tachycardia, a condition characterized by prominent ventricular …

Modulation of cardiac ryanodine receptor 2 by calmodulin

D Gong, X Chi, J Wei, G Zhou, G Huang, L Zhang… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
The high-conductance intracellular calcium (Ca2+) channel RyR2 is essential for the
coupling of excitation and contraction in cardiac muscle. Among various modulators …

Targeted deletion of Dicer in the heart leads to dilated cardiomyopathy and heart failure

JF Chen, EP Murchison, R Tang… - Proceedings of the …, 2008 - National Acad Sciences
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of human morbidity and mortality. Dilated
cardiomyopathy (DCM) is the most common form of cardiomyopathy associated with heart …

Ryanodine receptor phosphorylation by calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II promotes life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias in mice with heart failure

RJ Van Oort, MD McCauley, SS Dixit, L Pereira… - Circulation, 2010 - Am Heart Assoc
Background Approximately half of patients with heart failure die suddenly as a result of
ventricular arrhythmias. Although abnormal Ca2+ release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum …

[책][B] Karch's pathology of drug abuse

SB Karch, O Drummer - 2008 - taylorfrancis.com
Written for practitioners in the field, this critically acclaimed bestseller provides authoritative
information focused on the investigation of drug-related deaths and practical approaches to …

Ryanodine receptors: allosteric ion channel giants

F Van Petegem - Journal of molecular biology, 2015 - Elsevier
The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) form major intracellular
Ca 2+ stores. Ryanodine receptors (RyRs) are large tetrameric ion channels in the SR and …

[HTML][HTML] Ablation of lncRNA Miat attenuates pathological hypertrophy and heart failure

L Yang, J Deng, W Ma, A Qiao, S Xu, Y Yu… - Theranostics, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Rationale: The conserved long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) myocardial infarction associate
transcript (Miat) was identified for its multiple single-nucleotide polymorphisms that are …