Abstract
Genetic dilated cardiomyopathy is a heterogenous group of diseases caused by mutations in various genes. Progressive cardiomyocyte loss and subsequent fibrosis is a key feature of this disease. Several types of cardiomyocyte cell death have been implicated: (macro) autophagy-related cell death, apoptosis, necroptosis and oncosis. One plausible mechanism of genetic cardiomyopathy is proteotoxicity of accumulated mutant protein aggregates. Here we investigate the association of such aggregates as a sign of autophagy-related cardiomyocyte cell death with specific pathogenic mutations in dilated cardiomyopathy.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | S38-S39 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Journal | Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation |
Volume | 34 |
Issue number | 4, Suppl. |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Apr 2015 |
Event | 35th Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions of the International-Society-for-Heart-and-Lung-Transplantation - Nice, France Duration: 15 Apr 2015 → 18 Apr 2015 |