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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-12-11
pubmed:abstractText
Approximately 20-35% of cases of idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy are familial. DCM-associated mutations have been reported in 13 genes including the desmin, delta-sarcoglycan, and metavinculin genes. This study screened for variants in these genes in Finnish patients with DCM. All coding regions of the desmin and delta-sarcoglycan genes and the metavinculin-specific exon of the vinculin gene were screened in 52 DCM patients from eastern Finland by PCR-SSCP. We detected a novel mutation, Arg71Thr, in the delta-sarcoglycan gene in two members of a small DCM family. One of the mutation carriers fulfills diagnostic criteria for DCM and is also symptomatic. The other mutation carrier has slightly dilated left ventricle and well preserved systolic function. Therefore carriers of the Arg71Thr mutation had a relatively mild phenotype and a late onset of the disease. Disease-associated mutations were not found in the desmin gene or the metavinculin-specific exon of the vinculin gene. We conclude that the desmin and delta-sarcoglycan genes are not predominant disease-causing genes in patients with DCM in eastern Finland.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0946-2716
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
81
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
795-800
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-7-8
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
A novel mutation, Arg71Thr, in the delta-sarcoglycan gene is associated with dilated cardiomyopathy.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, University of Kuopio, Kuopio University Hospital, P.O. Box 1777, 70211 Kuopio, Finland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article