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Table 2 Candidate genes for ARVD [37]

From: Role of cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging in arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia

Components of the desmosome

Desmosomal cadherins (desmocollins; desmogleins)*

Desmoplakin*

Emerin

Plectin

Plakophilin*

Tyrosine kinases that phosphorylate desmosomal proteins

Components of the adherens junction

α-catenin

β-catenin

γ-catenin (junctional plakoglobin)*

N-cadherin

Constituents of the gap junction

Connexin 43

Others

Cardiac ryanodine receptor*

Components of dystrophic-glycoprotein complex

Desmin

Laminin receptor-1

Myotonic dystrophy protein kinase-1

Transforming growth factor β3*

  1. *genes that have been definitively implicated in ARVD.
  2. Of the other genes listed above, many are currently under investigation for a potential etiological role in ARVD