Cell BiologyCirculation ResearchPeer-reviewed
Desmoplakin mutations in cardiac fibroblasts cause TGF?1-mediated pathological fibrogenesis in desmoplakin cardiomyopathy via beclin-1 regulation
Chuanyu Wei, Shing Fai Chan, Ardan Muammer Saguner…·Huei-Sheng Vincent Chen
This study shows that DSP mutations in cardiac fibroblasts enhance TGFβ1-induced fibrosis by disrupting beclin-1 regulation and autophagy, leading to excessive collagen accumulation and fibrotic gene activation.
DOI 10.1161/circresaha.124.325512