Project Details
Projekt
Modelling and decoding the mechanisms of left ventricular non compaction cardiomyopathy (A04)
Subject Area
Cardiology, Angiology
Term
since 2022
Project identifier
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 464424253
Human left ventricular non-compaction cardiomyopathy (LVNC-CM) is a common, yet understudied, heart disease. Many LVNC-CM mutations impact developmental genes, including lamin A, suggesting that these cardiomyopathies have a developmental origin. Here, state-of-the-art 3D left-ventricle organoids and genome engineering are combined to model lamin A mutations. The impact of patient mutations on the differentiation and function of the left ventricle will be characterized using single-cell genomics. The impact of stress on the contractile properties of mutant organoids will be assessed. A04 will thereby reveal the mechanisms by which lamin A mutations predispose and induce LVNC disease.
DFG Programme
Collaborative Research Centres
Subproject of
SFB 1550:
Molecular Circuits of Heart Disease
Applicant Institution
Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
Project Head
Dr. Eileen E. M. Furlong, Ph.D.
