Abstract
The unfolded protein response (UPR) has been extensively investigated in neurological diseases and diabetes, while its function in heart disease is less well understood. Activated UPR participates in multiple cardiac conditions and can either protect or impair heart function. Recently, the UPR has been found to play a role in arrhythmogenesis during human heart failure by affecting cardiac ion channels expression, and blocking UPR has an antiarrhythmic effect. This review will discuss the rationale for and challenges to targeting UPR in heart disease for treatment of arrhythmias.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Article number | 52 |
| Journal | International journal of molecular sciences |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1 2016 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2015 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
Keywords
- ATF6α
- Cardiac ion channels
- Grp78
- IRE1
- Ischemia
- PERK
