DAPK2 and familial dilated cardiomyopathy: Death-associated protein kinase 2 (DAPK2) belongs to a family of calmodulin-dependent serine/threonine kinases and has a key role in the regulation of cellular apoptosis.6, 7 The present study was designed to determine whether MIAT could modulate DAPK2 expression in the pathogenesis of DCM.