A Common CD36 Variant of Dilated Cardiomyopathy in Individuals of African Ancestry
A multicohort genetic association study found that the ancestry-enriched CD36 Y325* variant accounted for a greater population-level burden of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) among individuals of predominantly African ancestry than truncating variants in TTN, the most common established monogenic cause of DCM. Across four US cohorts involving 82,623 individuals of predominantly […]