Population
Mouse models including Nkx2.5; Prox1 animals, Nkx2.5 controls, and Prox1 heterozygous mice on a Cx40…
Comparison
Prox1 haploinsufficiency vs Nkx2.5(Cre/+) controls
Design
Preclinical
Key result
Prox1 haploinsufficiency rescued Nkx2.5 conduction disease phenotypes, normalizing atrioventricular conduction and anatomy in a mouse model via a Prox1-HDAC3-Nkx2.5 signaling pathway.
Authors
Loading...
Hypothesis-generating for Prox1 modulation in human conduction disease; requires validation beyond mouse models before any clinical consideration.
Prox1 recruits HDAC3 to directly repress Nkx2.5, and Prox1 haploinsufficiency rescues Nkx2.5-dependent adult cardiac conduction disease phenotypes in a mouse model.
Risebro et al. (2012) studied Adult cardiac conduction disease. Prox1 haploinsufficiency vs. Nkx2.5(Cre/+) controls was evaluated on Rescue of hemodynamic parameters, anatomy, and atrioventricular conduction. Prox1 haploinsufficiency rescued Nkx2.5 conduction disease phenotypes, normalizing atrioventricular conduction and anatomy in a mouse model via a Prox1-HDAC3-Nkx2.5 signaling pathway.
Synapse has enriched 5 closely related papers on similar clinical questions. Consider them for comparative context: