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February 2024 in “The Journal of Physiology” This study suggests that male sex and androgenic steroid use increase the risk of atrial arrhythmias in individuals with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy, especially those with desmosomal gene mutations.
June 2022 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” This study found that anabolic steroid use combined with plakoglobin deficiency caused pathological atrial electrical remodeling in young male mice, suggesting a higher risk of atrial myopathy for males with desmosomal gene variants.
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April 2011 in “British Journal of Dermatology” This study identified novel mutations in the DSG4 gene in a Japanese patient with monilethrix, affecting protein interactions that may disrupt hair shaft structure.
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September 2004 in “Experimental Dermatology” This review discusses how dysfunction in keratinocyte adhesion affects skin integrity and conditions like alopecia and keratoderma, highlighting the roles of intercellular junctions, and reports no new clinical results.
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September 2004 in “Experimental Dermatology” This study found that desmosomal adhesion plays a crucial role in epithelial morphogenesis and cell positioning, equivalent in importance to that of adherens junctions.