Identification and functional characterization of BICD2 as a candidate disease gene in an consanguineous family with dilated cardiomyopathy

• Main Authors: Kai Luo (Author), Chenqing Zheng (Author), Rong Luo (Author), Xin Cao (Author), Huajun Sun (Author), Huihui Ma (Author), Jichang Huang (Author), Xu Yang (Author), Xiushan Wu (Author), Xiaoping Li (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Familial dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a genetic cardiomyopathy that is associated with reduced left ventricle function or systolic function. Fifty-one DCM-causative genes have been reported, most of which are inherited in an autosomal dominant manner. However, recessive DCM-ca...