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. 2019 Jun 24;31(4):318–358. doi: 10.1089/ars.2017.7236
Table of Contents  
I. Genotype–Phenotype Relationship in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy 319
II. Functional Defects Caused by Mutant Proteins Cannot Solely Account for HCM Progression 321
III. Toxic Dose of Mutant Protein 321
  A. HCM allelic imbalance 322
  B. Epigenetics 322
IV. Vicious Mutation-Induced Cycle 323
V. Direct Mutation Effects 324
VI. Metabolic Perturbations 326
VII. Myofilament Ca2+-Sensitization: Direct and Indirect Players 326
VIII. Decoupling Between the PCr-CK Pathway and Mitochondrial Oxidative Phosphorylation 329
IX. Oxidative Stress 330
X. Redox Signaling, Oxidative Stress, and Antioxidant Defense 330
  A. Protein modifications 333
  B. DNA damage 333
  C. Lipid damage 333
XI. Oxidative Stress Markers in the Heart and Serum of HCM Patients 334
XII. Oxidative Stress Markers in HCM Animal Models 335
  A. MYH mutations 335
  B. MYBPC3 mutations 336
  C. Tnnt2 mutations 337
  D. Tpm1 mutations 338
XIII. Oxidative Stress as a Target for Therapy in HCM Animal Models 338
XIV. Antioxidant Enzymes in HCM Pathology 339
XV. How Sarcomeric Mutations and Secondary Disease Mechanisms Contribute to Excessive Levels of ROS and HCM Pathology 340
  A. Cardiac mechanical stress 340
  B. Mitochondrial activation alters the cardiac redox state 342
  C. Mitochondrial damage 342
  D. UPS dysfunction 342
  E. Microvascular dysfunction 343
  F. Myocardial fibrosis 343
  G. Adrenergic and angiontensin II stimulation 343
XVI. Therapies 344
XVII. Restoring the Redox Balance as a Promising Therapeutic Approach in HCM Patients 344
  A. Current HCM therapies 344
  B. N-acetylcysteine 344
  C. Peptide SS-31 344
  D. Coenzyme Q 345
  E. Estrogen 345
  F. Metabolic therapies 345
  G. XO inhibitor 345
XVIII. Breaking the Vicious Cycle 347