PMID: 2481461Jan 1, 1989Paper

[The localization of the components of the extracellular matrix and cytoskeleton in myocardial biopsies in alcoholic cardiomyopathy].

Biulleten' Vsesoiuznogo kardiologicheskogo nauchnogo tsentra AMN SSSR
V S RukosuevT A Batyraliev

Abstract

Distribution of I, III, IV and V-type collagen, fibronectin, vimentin, filamin, and desmin in myocardial biopsy specimens of 8 patients with alcoholic cardiomyopathy was studied by indirect immunofluorescence. It is found that all types of collagen and fibronectin participate in formation of diffuse cardiosclerosis while small cardiosclerosis is formed by interstitial types of collagen and to a lower extent of fibronectin. Filamin and desmin distribution in cardiomyocytes proves deformation and destruction of Z-lines and intercalated discs.

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