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Kate Bushby

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In-frame deletion in the seventh immunoglobulin-like repeat of filamin C in a family with myofibrillar myopathy.

2009

Myofibrillar myopathies (MFMs) are an expanding and increasingly recognized group of neuromuscular disorders caused by mutations in DES, CRYAB, MYOT, and ZASP. The latest gene to be associated with MFM was FLNC; a p.W2710X mutation in the 24th immunoglobulin-like repeat of filamin C was shown to be the cause of a distinct type of MFM in several German families. We studied an International cohort of 46 patients from 39 families with clinically and myopathologically confirmed MFM, in which DES, CRYAB, MYOT, and ZASP mutations have been excluded. In patients from an unrelated family a 12-nucleotide deletion (c.2997_3008del) in FLNC resulting in a predicted in-frame four-residue deletion (p.Val…

MaleFilaminsDNA Mutational AnalysisImmunoblottingMolecular Sequence DataImmunoglobulinsmacromolecular substancesBiologymedicine.disease_causeFilaminArticle03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineContractile ProteinsMuscular DiseasesMyofibrilsGeneticsmedicineHumansFLNCAmino Acid SequenceMyopathyRepeated sequenceMuscle SkeletalGenePeptide sequenceGenetics (clinical)030304 developmental biologyRepetitive Sequences Nucleic AcidSequence DeletionGeneticsFamily Health0303 health sciencesMutationSequence Homology Amino AcidMicrofilament Proteinsmedicine.diseaseMolecular biologyImmunohistochemistry3. Good healthMicroscopy ElectronMutationFemalemedicine.symptom030217 neurology & neurosurgeryLimb-girdle muscular dystrophyEuropean journal of human genetics : EJHG
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Clinical and molecular genetic spectrum of autosomal dominant Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy due to mutations of the lamin A/C gene.

2000

Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EDMD) is characterized by early contractures of the elbows and Achilles tendons, slowly progressive muscle wasting and weakness, and life-threatening cardiomyopathy with conduction blocks. We recently identified LMNA encoding two nuclear envelope proteins, lamins A and C, to be implicated in the autosomal dominant form of EDMD. Here, we report on the variability of the phenotype and spectrum of LMNA mutations in 53 autosomal dominant EDMD patients (36 members of 6 families and 17 sporadic cases). Twelve of the 53 patients showed cardiac involvement exclusively, although the remaining 41 all showed muscle weakness and contractures. We were able to identify …

AdultMaleContractureAdolescentGenotypeBiopsyNonsense mutationDNA Mutational AnalysisEmerinMutation MissenseLaminopathyBiologyLMNACardiovascular Physiological PhenomenamedicineMissense mutationHumansEmery–Dreifuss muscular dystrophyMuscular dystrophyAge of OnsetChildCreatine KinasePhysical ExaminationMuscle contractureAgedGenes DominantGeneticsMuscle WeaknessMyocardiumNuclear ProteinsHeartMiddle Agedmedicine.diseaseLamin Type ALaminsMuscular Dystrophy Emery-DreifussPedigreeMuscular AtrophyPhenotypeNeurologyDisease ProgressionFemaleNeurology (clinical)Gene DeletionAnnals of neurology
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Abnormalities in alpha-dystroglycan expression in MDC1C and LGMD2I muscular dystrophies

2004

We recently identified mutations in the fukutin related protein (FKRP) gene in patients with congenital muscular dystrophy type 1C (MDC1C) and limb girdle muscular dystrophy type 2I (LGMD2I). The sarcolemma of these patients typically displays an immunocytochemical reduction of alpha-dystroglycan. In this report we extend these observations and report a clear correlation between the residual expression of alpha-dystroglycan and the phenotype. Three broad categories were identified. Patients at the severe end of the clinical spectrum (MDC1C) were compound heterozygote between a null allele and a missense mutation or carried two missense mutations and displayed a profound depletion of alpha-d…

musculoskeletal diseasesAdultPathologymedicine.medical_specialtyNonsense mutationBlotting WesternDNA Mutational AnalysisMedizinCompound heterozygosityPolymerase Chain ReactionMuscular DystrophiesPathology and Forensic MedicineFetusDystroglycanmedicineMissense mutationHumansPentosyltransferasesMuscular dystrophyChildDystroglycansMuscle SkeletalGeneticsFukutin-related proteinMembrane GlycoproteinsbiologyProteinsmedicine.diseasemusculoskeletal systemImmunohistochemistryCytoskeletal ProteinsPhenotypeMutationbiology.proteinCongenital muscular dystrophyLimb-girdle muscular dystrophyRegular Articles
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Secondary reduction in calpain 3 expression in patients with limb girdle muscular dystrophy type 2B and Miyoshi myopathy (primary dysferlinopathies).

2000

Made available in DSpace on 2016-10-10T03:52:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 5 Secondary reduction in calpain 3 expression in patients with limb girdle muscular dystrophy type 2B and Miyoshi myopathy.pdf: 167085 bytes, checksum: b445ec059ea2d0f06bd4fa913354872a (MD5) license_url: 52 bytes, checksum: 2f32edb9c19a57e928372a33fd08dba5 (MD5) license_text: 24259 bytes, checksum: f1f24f769b03eb8f9cd3f53c1090841c (MD5) license_rdf: 24658 bytes, checksum: 9d3847733d3c0b59c7c89a1d40d3d240 (MD5) license.txt: 1887 bytes, checksum: 445d1980f282ec865917de35a4c622f6 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2000 Dysferlin is the protein product of the gene (DYSF) that is defective in patients with limb girdle muscular dy…

medicine.medical_specialtyDysferlinopathyDNA Mutational AnalysisMuscle ProteinsMuscular DystrophiesWestern blottingDysferlinMuscular DiseasesLamininInternal medicinemedicineMissense mutationCalpain 3HumansMuscular dystrophyDysferlinGenetics (clinical)Geneticsbiologybusiness.industryCalpainMembrane ProteinsCalpainmedicine.diseaseMuscular dystrophyLaminin alpha 2EndocrinologyMuscle proteinsNeurologyPediatrics Perinatology and Child Healthbiology.proteinNeurology (clinical)LamininbusinessMerosinLimb-girdle muscular dystrophyNeuromuscular disorders : NMD
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