Quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) analyses on myocardial tissue from DCM and ischemic cardiomyopathy (ICM) patients showed increased transcript levels of MYPN and the PALLD long isoform in DCM patients, while total transcript levels of PALLD were reduced in both DCM and ICM patients. This evidence concerns the gene MYPN and familial dilated cardiomyopathy.