Desmin Polyclonal Antibody

Filaments found in muscle cells. In adult striated muscle they form a fibrous network connecting myofibrils to each other and to the plasma membrane from the periphery of the Z line structures. Defects in Desmin are the cause of desmin related cardio skeletal myopathy (CSM) also known as desmin related myopathy (DRM) . CSM is characterized by skeletal muscle weakness associated with cardiac conduction blocks, arrhythmias, restrictive heart failure, and by intracytoplasmic accumulation of desmin reactive deposits in cardiac and skeletal muscle cells. A desmin related myopathy can have a distal onset, it is then known as hereditary distal myopathy (HDM) . Defects in Desmin are also the cause of dilated cardiomyopathy type 1I (CMD1I) . CMD1I is an autosomal form of dilated cardiomyopathy characterized by ventricular dilatation and impaired systolic function. Antidesmin antibodies are useful in identification of tumours of myogenic origin.

CMD1I; CSM1; CSM2; DES; FLJ12025; FLJ39719; FLJ41013; FLJ41793; Intermediate filament protein; OTTHUMP00000064865; DESM_HUMAN; Desmin; FLJ12025; FLJ39719; FLJ41013; FLJ41793.