Dilated cardiomyopathy-associatedBAG3mutations impair Z-disc assembly and enhance sensitivity to apoptosis in cardiomyocytes

Genome-wide Studies of Copy Number Variation and Exome Sequencing Identify Rare Variants in BAG3 as a Cause of Dilated Cardiomyopathy

(2011) Nadine Norton et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

A genome-wide association study identifies two loci associated with heart failure due to dilated cardiomyopathy

(2011) Eric Villard et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

BAG3 Directly Interacts with Mutated alphaB-Crystallin to Suppress Its Aggregation and Toxicity

(2011) Akinori Hishiya et al.   PLoS One

BAG3 and Hsc70 Interact With Actin Capping Protein CapZ to Maintain Myofibrillar Integrity Under Mechanical Stress

(2010) Akinori Hishiya et al.   CIRCULATION RESEARCH

Promotion of CHIP-Mediated p53 Degradation Protects the Heart From Ischemic Injury

(2010) Atsuhiko T. Naito et al.   CIRCULATION RESEARCH

Proposal for a role of the Hsp90/Hsp70-based chaperone machinery in making triage decisions when proteins undergo oxidative and toxic damage

(2010) William B Pratt et al.   EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE

Molecular basis of hereditary cardiomyopathy: abnormalities in calcium sensitivity, stretch response, stress response and beyond

(2010) Akinori Kimura   JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

Inheritance patterns and phenotypic features of myofibrillar myopathy associated with a BAG3 mutation

(2010) Zagaa Odgerel et al.   NEUROMUSCULAR DISORDERS

Cardiac Ankyrin Repeat Protein Gene (ANKRD1) Mutations in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

(2009) Takuro Arimura et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY

Mutation in BAG3 causes severe dominant childhood muscular dystrophy

(2008) Duygu Selcen et al.   ANNALS OF NEUROLOGY