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A new approach to an old disease: Ageing, arrhythmogenic substrate and the role of risk‐factor modification in atrial fibrillation

Experimental Physiology, EarlyView.
Abstract Atrial fibrillation (AF) prevalence rises sharply with age due to two independent mechanisms. Ageing produces irreversible arrhythmogenic substrate changes through progressive fibrosis, cellular senescence and mitochondrial dysfunction, while modifiable risk factors such as obesity, hypertension, sleep apnoea, diabetes and alcohol use promote ...
Udit Thakur, Jonathan M. Kalman
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Metabolic stress exacerbates Ca2+ dysregulation and arrhythmias in catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia

Experimental Physiology, EarlyView.
Abstract Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT) is a genetic arrhythmic syndrome caused by mutations in the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) calcium (Ca2+) release channel RyR2 or its accessory proteins, including calsequestrin‐2 (CASQ2).
Valeria Gomez, Arpita Deb, Zhuoxin Li, Yujia Cheng, Benjamin K. Fischer, Jinying Yang, Jeongmin Lee, Bjorn C. Knollmann, Zhiyong Cheng, Bin Liu   +9 more
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An unusual case of steroid responsive idiopathic ectopic calcification. [PDF]

Oxf Med Case Reports, 2019
Tsoi K, Hughes R.
europepmc   +1 more source

TMEM16A chloride channels in the female reproductive tract and their role in normal and dysfunctional pregnancy and labour

The Journal of Physiology, EarlyView.
Abstract figure legend TMEM16A plays a pivotal role in setting the duration of the action potential plateau in human uterine smooth muscle. An increase in TMEM16A expression in labour underpins a lengthening of the plateau and this provides time for the contraction to become larger and longer, important for timely successful labour.
Helena C. Parkington, Harold A. Coleman, Penelope M. Sheehan, Shaun P. Brennecke, Marianne Tare   +4 more
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Deciphering pro‐arrhythmogenic mechanisms of EPAC in human atrial cardiomyocytes

The Journal of Physiology, EarlyView.
Abstract figure legend This study aimed to investigate the effect of exchange proteins directly activated by cAMP (EPAC) on the regulation of human atrial cardiomyocyte electrophysiology and their potential involvement in the onset of atrial fibrillation (AF).
Arthur Boileve, Margaux Aize, Maximin Détrait, Laura Brard, Adrien Leboyer, Pierre‐Antoine Dupont, Alexandre Lebrun, Vladimir Saplacan, Christophe Simard, Fabien Brette, Frank Lezoualc'h, Laurent Sallé   +11 more
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Computational modelling of cardiac fibroblast signalling reveals a key role for Ca2+ in driving atrial fibrillation‐associated fibrosis

The Journal of Physiology, EarlyView.
Abstract figure legend A pre‐existing fibroblast signalling model was enhanced by integrating atrial‐specific components and reactions linked to atrial fibrosis and atrial fibrillation (AF). The analysis highlights the central role of Ca2⁺ signalling in driving profibrotic responses to AF‐relevant stimuli, angiotensin‐II and transforming growth factor ...
Najme Khorasani, Haibo Ni, Jeffrey J Saucerman, Dobromir Dobrev, Stefano Morotti, Eleonora Grandi   +5 more
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Mechanistic insights into sex differences in atrial electrophysiology and arrhythmia vulnerability through sex‐specific computational models

The Journal of Physiology, EarlyView.
Abstract figure legend Sex‐specific models of the human atrial myocyte in normal sinus rhythm (nSR) and chronic atrial fibrillation (cAF) revealed increased alternans susceptibility in cAF males and DADs in females, driven primarily by ICaL and ryanodine receptor remodelling.
Nathaniel T. Herrera, Haibo Ni, Charlotte E. R. Smith, Yixuan Wu, Dobromir Dobrev, Stefano Morotti, Eleonora Grandi   +6 more
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Potential health benefits of cold‐water immersion: the central role of PGC‐1α

The Journal of Physiology, EarlyView.
Abstract figure legend Cold‐water immersion (CWI) elicits autonomic, somato‐motoric (shivering thermogenesis), endocrine and metabolic, sensory transduction, and local biophysical effects that may converge on the transcriptional co‐activator PGC‐1α (centre).
Erich Hohenauer, Wafa Douzi, Johannes Burtscher   +2 more
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Caenorhabditis elegans as an in vivo model system for human inherited primary arrhythmia syndromes

The Journal of Physiology, EarlyView.
Abstract figure legend Most genes involved in inherited primary arrhythmia syndromes (IPAS) are conserved in Caenorhabditis elegans, where genetic manipulation enables functional characterization of variants, identification of regulatory proteins, and in vivo drug testing.
Antoine Delinière, Thomas Boulin, Maëlle Jospin, Alexandre Janin, Gilles Millat, Philippe Chevalier, Olga Andrini   +6 more
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The interplay between dynamic regulation of ion‐channel gating and trafficking in cardiac arrhythmogenesis

The Journal of Physiology, EarlyView.
Abstract figure legend Cardiac cellular electrophysiology is modulated by multiple factors, including temperature, extracellular K+, heart rate/pacing frequency, and drugs. These modulators can have distinct effects on ion‐channel gating and transcription/trafficking over time.
Stefan Meier, Anna S. Savchenko, Paul G. A. Volders, Jordi Heijman   +3 more
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