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Disruptive SCYL1 Mutations Underlie a Syndrome Characterized by Recurrent Episodes of Liver Failure, Peripheral Neuropathy, Cerebellar Atrophy, and Ataxia
Published in American journal of human genetics (03-12-2015)“…Hereditary ataxias comprise a group of genetically heterogeneous disorders characterized by clinically variable cerebellar dysfunction and accompanied by…”
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Mutations in FKBP14 Cause a Variant of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome with Progressive Kyphoscoliosis, Myopathy, and Hearing Loss
Published in American journal of human genetics (10-02-2012)“…We report on an autosomal-recessive variant of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) characterized by severe muscle hypotonia at birth, progressive scoliosis, joint…”
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Biallelic loss-of-function P4HTM gene variants cause hypotonia, hypoventilation, intellectual disability, dysautonomia, epilepsy, and eye abnormalities (HIDEA syndrome)
Published in Genetics in medicine (01-10-2019)“…Purpose A new syndrome with hypotonia, intellectual disability, and eye abnormalities (HIDEA) was previously described in a large consanguineous family…”
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Overlapping and Distinct Features of Cardiac Pathology in Inherited Human and Murine Ether Lipid Deficiency
Published in International journal of molecular sciences (18-01-2023)“…Inherited deficiency in ether lipids, a subgroup of glycerophospholipids with unique biochemical and biophysical properties, evokes severe symptoms in humans…”
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Characterization of stargardt disease using polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography and fundus autofluorescence imaging
Published in Investigative ophthalmology & visual science (27-09-2013)“…To identify disease-specific changes in Stargardt disease (STGD) based on imaging with polarization-sensitive spectral-domain optical coherence tomography…”
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DNA damage, somatic aneuploidy, and malignant sarcoma susceptibility in muscular dystrophies
Published in PLoS genetics (01-04-2011)“…Albeit genetically highly heterogeneous, muscular dystrophies (MDs) share a convergent pathology leading to muscle wasting accompanied by proliferation of…”
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Voltage-gated ion channel dysfunction precedes cardiomyopathy development in the dystrophic heart
Published in PloS one (23-05-2011)“…Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), caused by mutations in the dystrophin gene, is associated with severe cardiac complications including cardiomyopathy and…”
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Targeted disruption of Hspa4 gene leads to cardiac hypertrophy and fibrosis
Published in Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology (01-10-2012)“…Abstract Failure of molecular chaperones to direct the correct folding of newly synthesized proteins leads to the accumulation of misfolded proteins in cells…”
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Mutation in the Scyl1 gene encoding amino-terminal kinase-like protein causes a recessive form of spinocerebellar neurodegeneration
Published in EMBO reports (01-07-2007)“…Here, we show that the murine neurodegenerative disease mdf (autosomal recessive mouse mutant ‘muscle deficient’) is caused by a loss‐of‐function mutation in…”
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Impaired muscle spindle function in murine models of muscular dystrophy
Published in The Journal of physiology (01-04-2020)“…Key points Muscular dystrophy patients suffer from progressive degeneration of skeletal muscle fibres, sudden spontaneous falls, balance problems, as well as…”
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The bradycardic agent ivabradine decreases conduction velocity in the AV node and in the ventricles in-vivo
Published in European journal of pharmacology (15-02-2021)“…Ivabradine blocks hyperpolarisation-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated (HCN) channels, thereby lowering the heart rate, an action that is used clinically for…”
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A third of LGMD2A biopsies have normal calpain 3 proteolytic activity as determined by an in vitro assay
Published in Neuromuscular disorders : NMD (01-02-2007)“…Abstract Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2A (LGMD2A) is an autosomal recessive muscular disorder caused by mutations in the gene coding for calpain 3, a…”
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Homozygous SYNE1 mutation causes congenital onset of muscular weakness with distal arthrogryposis: a genotype-phenotype correlation
Published in European journal of human genetics : EJHG (01-02-2017)“…The exceptionally large SYNE1 (spectrin repeat-containing nuclear envelope protein 1) gene encodes different nesprin-1 isoforms, which are differentially…”
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Novel form of X-linked nonsyndromic hearing loss with cochlear malformation caused by a mutation in the type IV collagen gene COL4A6
Published in European journal of human genetics : EJHG (01-02-2014)“…Hereditary hearing loss is the most common human sensorineural disorder. Genetic causes are highly heterogeneous, with mutations detected in >40 genes…”
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Evidence of mild founder LMOD3 mutations causing nemaline myopathy 10 in Germany and Austria
Published in Neurology (30-10-2018)“…OBJECTIVETo expand the clinical and genetic spectrum of nemaline myopathy 10 by a series of Austrian and German patients with a milder disease course and…”
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Enhanced currents through L-type calcium channels in cardiomyocytes disturb the electrophysiology of the dystrophic heart
Published in American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology (15-02-2014)“…Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), induced by mutations in the gene encoding for the cytoskeletal protein dystrophin, is an inherited disease characterized by…”
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A novel therapeutic approach for LPIN1 mutation-associated rhabdomyolysis-The Austrian experience
Published in Muscle & nerve (01-09-2015)“…ABSTRACT Introduction: Lipin 1 gene (LPIN1) mutations lead to cellular energy deficiency and cause up to 50% of the rhabdomyolysis episodes seen in pediatric…”
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The differential gene expression profiles of proximal and distal muscle groups are altered in pre-pathological dysferlin-deficient mice
Published in Neuromuscular disorders : NMD (01-12-2005)“…The selective pattern of muscle involvement is a key feature of muscular dystrophies. Dysferlinopathy is a good model for studying this process since it shows…”
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Proteins implicated in muscular dystrophy and cancer are functional constituents of the centrosome
Published in Life science alliance (01-11-2022)“…Aberrant expression of dystrophin, utrophin, dysferlin, or calpain-3 was originally identified in muscular dystrophies (MDs). Increasing evidence now indicates…”
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