Transgenic mice overexpressing desmocollin-2 (DSC2) develop cardiomyopathy associated with myocardial inflammation and fibrotic remodeling

• Andreas Brodehl ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Andreas Brodehl, Darrell D. Belke

  Affiliation Department of Cardiac Sciences and Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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• Darrell D. Belke ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Andreas Brodehl, Darrell D. Belke

  Affiliation Department of Cardiac Sciences and Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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• Lauren Garnett,

  Affiliation Department of Cardiac Sciences and Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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• Kristina Martens,

  Affiliation Department of Cardiac Sciences and Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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• Nelly Abdelfatah,

  Affiliation Department of Cardiac Sciences and Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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• Marcela Rodriguez,

  Affiliations Department of Cardiac Sciences and Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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• Catherine Diao,

  Affiliation Department of Cardiac Sciences and Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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• Yong-Xiang Chen,

  Affiliation Department of Cardiac Sciences and Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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• Paul M. K. Gordon,

  Affiliation Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute Genomics and Bioinformatics Facility, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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• Anders Nygren,

  Affiliations Department of Cardiac Sciences and Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Schulich School of Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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• Brenda Gerull

  * E-mail: gerull_b@ukw.de

  Affiliations Department of Cardiac Sciences and Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center and Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

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