Long non-coding RNA CCRR controls cardiac conduction via regulating intercellular coupling

Long noncoding RNAs have been shown to play a role in cardiovascular disease. Here, the authors identify a lncRNA named CCRR, whose downregulation in failing hearts causes cardiac conduction disturbances by altering the endocytic trafficking of Cx43.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yong Zhang, Lihua Sun, Lina Xuan, Zhenwei Pan, Xueling Hu, Hongyu Liu, Yunlong Bai, Lei Jiao, Zhange Li, Lina Cui, Xiaoxue Wang, Siqi Wang, Tingting Yu, Bingbing Feng, Ying Guo, Zonghong Liu, Weixin Meng, Hequn Ren, Jiyuan Zhu, Xuyun Zhao, Chao Yang, Ying Zhang, Chaoqian Xu, Zhiguo Wang, Yanjie Lu, Hongli Shan, Baofeng Yang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06637-9