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Novel mechanisms of genome instability in the failing heart (D02)

Subject Area Human Genetics
Term since 2016
Project identifier Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 193793266
 
In D02, we will use exome/genome sequencing to identify and functionally characterize novel genes in inherited cardiomyopathies, especially with respect to genomic and structural alterations in cardiomyocytes. We will use an innovative combination of NGS-based approaches in single cells, including genome analysis, deep mtDNA sequencing, long-read telomere investigations, and ultra-deep cardio-gene testing on myocardial biopsies of patients with aortic stenosis. We aim to determine novel mechanisms of genome instability and genome variants predicting the phenotypic outcome in patients with different subtypes of aortic stenosis and varying degrees of heart failure. In addition, together with D01 we will correlate reverse remodeling data with genome instability after catheter-based aortic valve implantation.
DFG Programme Collaborative Research Centres
Applicant Institution Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
 
 

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