A Novel Channelopathy in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

In a family with pulmonary arterial hypertension, whole-exome sequencing led to identification of a mutation in the potassium-channel gene KCNK3 . Additional mutations resulting in loss of function of the channel were found in other families and in patients with idiopathic disease. Pulmonary arteria...

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Vydáno v:The New England journal of medicine Ročník 369; číslo 4; s. 351 - 361
Hlavní autoři: Ma, Lijiang, Roman-Campos, Danilo, Austin, Eric D, Eyries, Mélanie, Sampson, Kevin S, Soubrier, Florent, Germain, Marine, Trégouët, David-Alexandre, Borczuk, Alain, Rosenzweig, Erika Berman, Girerd, Barbara, Montani, David, Humbert, Marc, Loyd, James E, Kass, Robert S, Chung, Wendy K
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Waltham, MA Massachusetts Medical Society 25.07.2013
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ISSN:0028-4793, 1533-4406, 1533-4406
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Shrnutí:In a family with pulmonary arterial hypertension, whole-exome sequencing led to identification of a mutation in the potassium-channel gene KCNK3 . Additional mutations resulting in loss of function of the channel were found in other families and in patients with idiopathic disease. Pulmonary arterial hypertension is a rare disease that is characterized by increased pulmonary-artery pressure in the absence of common causes of pulmonary hypertension, such as chronic heart, lung, or thromboembolic disease. 1 Before the advent of novel therapies, patients with idiopathic or familial pulmonary arterial hypertension had an estimated median survival of 2.8 years, with 1-year, 3-year, and 5-year survival rates of 68%, 48%, and 34%, respectively. 2 However, despite progress in treatment, pulmonary arterial hypertension remains a progressive, fatal disease. The clinical presentation can be nonspecific, and patients often receive a diagnosis late in their clinical course. The cause of pulmonary . . .
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ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJMoa1211097