“…172,230 Similarly, patients with diabetes are vulnerable to myocardial ischemia and diabetic cardiomyopathy and the expression of Cx43 is abnormally increased. 231 Based on studies in transgenic mice, it has been found that the differential phosphorylation of Cx43 is important for the modulation of gap junction function at the intercalated disks and that remodelling of gap junctions contributes to arrhythmias by slowing the propagation of impulses. This remodelling may provide the basis for arrhythmogenesis.…”