Genetics of human and canine dilated cardiomyopathy

Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of death in both humans and dogs. Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) accounts for a large number of these cases, reported to be the third most common form of cardiac disease in humans and the second most common in dogs. In human studies of DCM there are more than...

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Main Authors: Simpson, Siobhan, Edwards, Jennifer, Ferguson-Mignan, Thomas F.N., Cobb, Malcolm, Mongan, Nigel P., Rutland, Catrin S.
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author Simpson, Siobhan
Edwards, Jennifer
Ferguson-Mignan, Thomas F.N.
Cobb, Malcolm
Mongan, Nigel P.
Rutland, Catrin S.
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Edwards, Jennifer
Ferguson-Mignan, Thomas F.N.
Cobb, Malcolm
Mongan, Nigel P.
Rutland, Catrin S.
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description Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of death in both humans and dogs. Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) accounts for a large number of these cases, reported to be the third most common form of cardiac disease in humans and the second most common in dogs. In human studies of DCM there are more than 50 genetic loci associated with the disease. Despite canine DCM having similar disease progression to human DCM studies into the genetic basis of canine DCM lag far behind those of human DCM. In this review the aetiology, epidemiology, and clinical characteristics of canine DCM are examined, along with highlighting possible different subtypes of canine DCM and their potential relevance to human DCM. Finally the current position of genetic research into canine and human DCM, including the genetic loci, is identified and the reasons many studies may have failed to find a genetic association with canine DCM are reviewed.
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spelling nottingham-304312020-05-04T17:10:11Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/30431/ Genetics of human and canine dilated cardiomyopathy Simpson, Siobhan Edwards, Jennifer Ferguson-Mignan, Thomas F.N. Cobb, Malcolm Mongan, Nigel P. Rutland, Catrin S. Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of death in both humans and dogs. Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) accounts for a large number of these cases, reported to be the third most common form of cardiac disease in humans and the second most common in dogs. In human studies of DCM there are more than 50 genetic loci associated with the disease. Despite canine DCM having similar disease progression to human DCM studies into the genetic basis of canine DCM lag far behind those of human DCM. In this review the aetiology, epidemiology, and clinical characteristics of canine DCM are examined, along with highlighting possible different subtypes of canine DCM and their potential relevance to human DCM. Finally the current position of genetic research into canine and human DCM, including the genetic loci, is identified and the reasons many studies may have failed to find a genetic association with canine DCM are reviewed. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015-06-23 Article PeerReviewed Simpson, Siobhan, Edwards, Jennifer, Ferguson-Mignan, Thomas F.N., Cobb, Malcolm, Mongan, Nigel P. and Rutland, Catrin S. (2015) Genetics of human and canine dilated cardiomyopathy. International Journal of Genomics, 2015 (204823). pp. 1-13. ISSN 2314-436X cardiovascular disease dilated cardiomyopathy http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijg/2015/204823/ doi:10.1155/2015/204823 doi:10.1155/2015/204823
spellingShingle cardiovascular disease
dilated cardiomyopathy
Simpson, Siobhan
Edwards, Jennifer
Ferguson-Mignan, Thomas F.N.
Cobb, Malcolm
Mongan, Nigel P.
Rutland, Catrin S.
Genetics of human and canine dilated cardiomyopathy
title Genetics of human and canine dilated cardiomyopathy
title_full Genetics of human and canine dilated cardiomyopathy
title_fullStr Genetics of human and canine dilated cardiomyopathy
title_full_unstemmed Genetics of human and canine dilated cardiomyopathy
title_short Genetics of human and canine dilated cardiomyopathy
title_sort genetics of human and canine dilated cardiomyopathy
topic cardiovascular disease
dilated cardiomyopathy
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/30431/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/30431/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/30431/