openalexBMC Medicine2026-07-24
Integrated proteomics and machine learning reveal AHNAK as a discriminative biomarker of atrial fibrillation in heart failure
Wengen Zhu, Zhenbang Gu, Yuwen Huang, Min Ye, Ruicong Xue, Yugang Dong, et al.
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a frequent complication of heart failure (HF), markedly increasing morbidity and mortality. Although atrial fibrosis is increasingly recognized as a central mechanistic substrate linking HF to AF, the molecular determinants driving fibrotic remodeling…