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Indeed, common gene variants in an enhancer region close to\n              <jats:italic>PITX2<\/jats:italic>\n              (paired-like homeodomain transcription factor 2) are strongly associated with atrial fibrillation, but the mechanism behind this association remains unknown. This study evaluated the consequences of\n              <jats:italic>PITX2<\/jats:italic>\n              deletion (PITX2\n              <jats:sup>\u2212\/\u2212<\/jats:sup>\n              ) in human induced pluripotent stem cell\u2013derived atrial cardiomyocytes.\n            <\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>\n              CRISPR\/Cas9 (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats\/clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat\u2013associated 9) was used to delete\n              <jats:italic>PITX2<\/jats:italic>\n              in a healthy human iPSC line that served as isogenic control. Human induced pluripotent stem cell\u2013derived atrial cardiomyocytes were differentiated with unfiltered retinoic acid and cultured in atrial engineered heart tissue. Force and action potential were measured in atrial engineered heart tissues. Single human induced pluripotent stem cell\u2013derived atrial cardiomyocytes were isolated from atrial engineered heart tissue for ion current measurements.\n            <\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>\n              PITX2\n              <jats:sup>\u2212\/\u2212<\/jats:sup>\n              atrial engineered heart tissue beats slightly slower than isogenic control without irregularity. Force was lower in PITX2\n              <jats:sup>\u2212\/\u2212<\/jats:sup>\n              than in isogenic control (0.053\u00b10.015 versus 0.131\u00b10.017 mN, n=28\/3 versus n=28\/4, PITX2\n              <jats:sup>\u2212\/\u2212<\/jats:sup>\n              versus isogenic control;\n              <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n              &lt;0.0001), accompanied by lower expression of CACNA1C and lower L-type Ca\n              <jats:sup>2+<\/jats:sup>\n              current density. Early repolarization was weaker (action potential duration at 20% repolarization; 45.5\u00b113.2 versus 8.6\u00b15.3 ms, n=18\/3 versus n=12\/4, PITX2\n              <jats:sup>\u2212\/\u2212<\/jats:sup>\n              versus isogenic control;\n              <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n              &lt;0.0001), and maximum diastolic potential was more negative (\u221278.3\u00b13.1 versus \u221269.7\u00b10.6 mV, n=18\/3 versus n=12\/4, PITX2\n              <jats:sup>\u2212\/\u2212<\/jats:sup>\n              versus isogenic control;\n              <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n              =0.001), despite normal inward rectifier currents (both I\n              <jats:sub>K1<\/jats:sub>\n              and I\n              <jats:sub>K,ACh<\/jats:sub>\n              ) and carbachol-induced shortening of action potential duration.\n            <\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>Complete PITX2 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