HSPB7 is indispensable for heart development by modulating actin filament assembly

Nesprin 1α2 is essential for mouse postnatal viability and nuclear positioning in skeletal muscle

(2017) Matthew J. Stroud et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Loss-of-function mutations in co-chaperone BAG3 destabilize small HSPs and cause cardiomyopathy

(2017) Xi Fang et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

HSPB7 prevents cardiac conduction system defect through maintaining intercalated disc integrity

(2017) Wern-Chir Liao et al.   PLoS Genetics

HSPB7 interacts with dimerized FLNC and its absence results in progressive myopathy in skeletal muscles

(2016) Liang-Yi Juo et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Severe myopathy in mice lacking the MEF2/SRF-dependent gene leiomodin-3

(2015) Bercin K. Cenik et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Knockout of Lmod2 results in shorter thin filaments followed by dilated cardiomyopathy and juvenile lethality

(2015) Christopher T. Pappas et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Cypher and Enigma Homolog Protein Are Essential for Cardiac Development and Embryonic Survival

(2015) Y. Mu et al.   Journal of the American Heart Association

Leiomodin-3 dysfunction results in thin filament disorganization and nemaline myopathy

(2014) Michaela Yuen et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Refined Purification of Large Amounts of Rat cvHsp/HspB7 and Partial Biological Characterization In Vitro

(2014) Wei Lin et al.   PROTEIN AND PEPTIDE LETTERS

Myocardium-derived angiopoietin-1 is essential for coronary vein formation in the developing heart

(2014) Yoh Arita et al.   Nature Communications

Small heat shock proteins Hspb7 and Hspb12 regulate early steps of cardiac morphogenesis

(2013) Gabriel E. Rosenfeld et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Small heat shock proteins are necessary for heart migration and laterality determination in zebrafish

(2013) Jamie L. Lahvic et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

A two-segment model for thin filament architecture in skeletal muscle

(2013) David S. Gokhin et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

H11 Kinase/Heat Shock Protein 22 Deletion Impairs Both Nuclear and Mitochondrial Functions of STAT3 and Accelerates the Transition Into Heart Failure on Cardiac Overload

(2011) Hongyu Qiu et al.   CIRCULATION

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

(2011) Eric Villard et al.   EUROPEAN HEART JOURNAL

Tropomodulin Capping of Actin Filaments in Striated Muscle Development and Physiology

(2011) David S. Gokhin et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICINE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Large Potentials of Small Heat Shock Proteins

(2011) Evgeny V. Mymrikov et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Common Variants in HSPB7 and FRMD4B Associated With Advanced Heart Failure

(2010) Thomas P. Cappola et al.   Circulation-Cardiovascular Genetics

Dynamic regulation of sarcomeric actin filaments in striated muscle

(2010) Shoichiro Ono   Cytoskeleton

HSPB7 is the most potent polyQ aggregation suppressor within the HSPB family of molecular chaperones

(2010) Michel J. Vos et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

Mammalian Tropomodulins Nucleate Actin Polymerization via Their Actin Monomer Binding and Filament Pointed End-capping Activities

(2010) Sawako Yamashiro et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Leiomodin-2 is an antagonist of tropomodulin-1 at the pointed end of the thin filaments in cardiac muscle

(2010) T. Tsukada et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Genetic Association Study Identifies HSPB7 as a Risk Gene for Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy

(2010) Klaus Stark et al.   PLoS Genetics

Reduced thin filament length in nebulin-knockout skeletal muscle alters isometric contractile properties

(2009) David S. Gokhin et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-CELL PHYSIOLOGY

HSPB7 is a SC35 speckle resident small heat shock protein

(2009) Michel J. Vos et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH

Cardiac signaling genes exhibit unexpected sequence diversity in sporadic cardiomyopathy, revealing HSPB7 polymorphisms associated with disease

(2009) Scot J. Matkovich et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

The vertebrate muscle Z-disc: sarcomere anchor for structure and signalling

(2009) Pradeep K. Luther   JOURNAL OF MUSCLE RESEARCH AND CELL MOTILITY

A Myopathy-linked Desmin Mutation Perturbs Striated Muscle Actin Filament Architecture

(2008) Gloria M. Conover et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Screening of fusion partners for high yield expression and purification of bioactive viscotoxins

(2008) Julius Bogomolovas et al.   PROTEIN EXPRESSION AND PURIFICATION

Leiomodin Is an Actin Filament Nucleator in Muscle Cells

(2008) D. Chereau et al.   SCIENCE