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Early onset facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy [PDF]
Muscle & Nerve, 1995 We report 10 patients (5 familial, 5 sporadic) with facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) with onset of facial and shoulder girdle weakness in early infancy. They showed the same broad range of clinical signs and symptoms as can be seen normally in FSHD.
Brouwer, O.F. +4 more
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Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy
Neurotherapeutics, 2004 Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD), a dominantly inherited disorder, is the third most common dystrophy after Duchenne and myotonic muscular dystrophy. No known effective treatments exist for FSHD. The lack of an understanding of the underlying pathophysiology remains an obstacle in the development of targeted therapeutic interventions.
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Crystal Structure of the Double Homeodomain of DUX4 in Complex with DNA
Cell Reports, 2018 Summary: Double homeobox (DUX) transcription factors are unique to eutherian mammals. DUX4 regulates expression of repetitive elements during early embryogenesis, but misexpression of DUX4 causes facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) and ...
John K. Lee +9 more
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Gene Editing to Tackle Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy
Frontiers in Genome Editing, 2022 Facioscapulohumeral dystrophy (FSHD) is a skeletal muscle disease caused by the aberrant expression of the DUX4 gene in the muscle tissue. To date, different therapeutic approaches have been proposed, targeting DUX4 at the DNA, RNA or protein levels. The
Virginie Mariot, Julie Dumonceaux
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Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy: a review of pathogenesis, clinical symptoms, and treatment
Neurologijos seminarai, 2023 Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy is the third most common muscular dystrophy characterised by weakness of the face, scapula, upper arm, and other muscles.
T. Mikalauskas, B. Burnytė
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Genetics of Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy
Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 1991 More than 500 subjects from 41 families with dominantly inherited facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) were studied at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, St. Michael’s Hill, Bristol and the University of Wales College of Medicine, Heath Park,
J Gordon Millichap
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Nature Communications, 2021 Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy is a myopathy caused by aberrant de-repression of the DUX4 gene. Here, the authors show that miR-675 inhibits DUX4 expression and protects muscles from DUX4-mediated cell death when administered to mice using AAV ...
Nizar Y. Saad +7 more
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Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease, 2007 Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is caused by a cascade of epigenetic events following contraction of the polymorphic macrosatellite repeat D4Z4 in the subtelomere of chromosome 4q. Currently, the central issue is whether immediate downstream effects are local (i.e., at chromosome 4q) or global (genome-wide) and there is evidence for both ...
Maarel, S.M. van der +2 more
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The prevalence of hereditary neuromuscular disorders in Northern Norway
Brain and Behavior, 2021 Aim To investigate the point prevalence of hereditary neuromuscular disorders on January 1, 2020 in Northern Norway. Methods From January 1, 1999, until January 1, 2020, we screened medical and genetic hospital records in Northern Norway for hereditary ...
Kai Ivar Müller +4 more
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Oxidative Stress, Inflammation and Connexin Hemichannels in Muscular Dystrophies
Biomedicines, 2022 Muscular dystrophies (MDs) are a heterogeneous group of congenital neuromuscular disorders whose clinical signs include myalgia, skeletal muscle weakness, hypotonia, and atrophy that leads to progressive muscle disability and loss of ambulation.
Arlek González-Jamett +5 more
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