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Review
. 2014 Jan 24:5:15.
doi: 10.3389/fphys.2014.00015. eCollection 2014.

Atrial fibrillation and microRNAs

Gaetano Santulli  1 , Guido Iaccarino  2 , Nicola De Luca  3 , Bruno Trimarco  4 , Gianluigi Condorelli  5
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Review

Atrial fibrillation and microRNAs

Gaetano Santulli et al. Front Physiol. .

Abstract

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained arrhythmia, especially in the elderly, and has a significant genetic component. Recently, several independent investigators have demonstrated a functional role for small non-coding RNAs (microRNAs) in the pathophysiology of this cardiac arrhythmia. This report represents a systematic and updated appraisal of the main studies that established a mechanistic association between specific microRNAs and AF, focusing both on the regulation of electrical and structural remodeling of cardiac tissue.

Keywords: apoptosis; atrial fibrillation; electrical remodeling; electrophysiology; fibrosis; microRNA (miRNA); structural remodeling.

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