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Optogenetic methods to stimulate gamma motor neuron axons ex vivo

Experimental Physiology, Volume 110, Issue 10, Page 1531-1541, October 1, 2025.
Abstract It is challenging to stimulate gamma motor neurons, which are important regulators of muscle spindle afferent function, without also recruiting alpha motor neurons. Here, we test the feasibility of stimulating gamma motor neuron axons using optogenetics in two transgenic mouse lines. We used an ex vivo muscle–nerve preparation in adult mice to
Apoorva Karekal, Remie Mandawe, Cameron Chun, Sai Kiran Byri, Danitza Cheline, Serena Ortiz, Shawn Hochman, Katherine A. Wilkinson   +7 more
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In Vivo Function of the Chaperonin TRiC in α-Actin Folding during Sarcomere Assembly

Cell Reports, 2018
Summary: The TCP-1 ring complex (TRiC) is a multi-subunit group II chaperonin that assists nascent or misfolded proteins to attain their native conformation in an ATP-dependent manner.
Joachim Berger, Silke Berger, Mei Li, Arie S. Jacoby, Anders Arner, Navid Bavi, Alastair G. Stewart, Peter D. Currie   +7 more
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Tissue Triage and Freezing for Models of Skeletal Muscle Disease [PDF]

, 2014
Skeletal muscle is a unique tissue because of its structure and function, which requires specific protocols for tissue collection to obtain optimal results from functional, cellular, molecular, and pathological evaluations.
Beggs, Alan H., Childers, Martin K., Cossette, Stacy A., Frase, Alison, Grange, Robert W., Granzier, Henk, Gussoni, Emanuela, Janssen, Paul M.L., Lawlor, Michael W., Meng, Hui, Swanson, Lindsay C., Yang, Lin   +11 more
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Disruption of SETD3‐mediated histidine‐73 methylation by the BWCFF‐associated β‐actin G74S mutation

FEBS Letters, Volume 599, Issue 17, Page 2449-2462, September 2025.
The β‐actin G74S mutation causes altered interaction of actin with SETD3, reducing histidine‐73 methylation efficiency and forming two distinct actin variants. The variable ratio of these variants across cell types and developmental stages contributes to tissue‐specific phenotypical changes. This imbalance may impair actin dynamics and mechanosensitive
Anja Marquardt, Marcus S. Münchhoff, Jacqueline Krohn, Philip M. Palarz, Manuel H. Taft, Johannes N. Greve, Nataliya Di Donato, Falk F. R. Buettner, Dietmar J. Manstein   +8 more
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Dominantly Inherited Nemaline Myopathy

Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 2003
A locus on chromosome 15q21-23 for a dominantly inherited nemaline myopathy with core-like lesions is reported in two unrelated families evaluated at University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
J Gordon Millichap
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Infantile Cerebellar‐Retinal Degeneration Associated With Novel ACO2 Variants: Clinical Features and Insights From a Drosophila Model

Clinical Genetics, Volume 108, Issue 3, Page 266-278, September 2025.
Our Translational Loop integrates patient genetic data with Drosophila models to study disease mechanisms. We identified ACO2 variants in a patient linked to ICRD and show that our animal model mirrors key aspects of the disease. These insights help pinpoint therapeutic targets, advancing research toward treatments for rare genetic disorders.
Edgar Buhl, Suchika Garg, Marie Monaghan, Amy Preston, Marcus Likeman, Julianne Dare, Julie Evans, Lucie S. Taylor, Ian Berry, Kathryn Urankar, Paul G. D. Spry, Cathy Williams, Robert W. Taylor, Charlotte L. Alston, James J. L. Hodge, Anirban Majumdar   +15 more
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Nemaline Myopathy: Clinical Study

Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 2001
Clinical and genetic characteristics, prognostic risk factors, and classification of nemaline myopathy (NM) are examined in a study of 143 cases identified at two centers in Australia and North America and reported from the Neurogenetics Research Unit ...
J Gordon Millichap
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Early stages of building a rare disease registry, methods and 2010 data from the Belgian Neuromuscular Disease Registry (BNMDR) [PDF]

, 2015
The Belgian Neuromuscular Disease Registry, commissioned in 2008, aims to collect data to improve knowledge on neuromuscular diseases and enhance quality health services for neuromuscular disease patients.
BNMDR Scientific Committee, the, De Bleecker, Jan, Doggen, Kris, Roy, Anna J, Van Casteren, Viviane, Van Coster, Rudy, Van Damme, Philip, Van den Bergh, Peter   +7 more
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Translating Muscle RNAseq Into the Clinic for the Diagnosis of Muscle Diseases

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, Volume 12, Issue 7, Page 1465-1479, July 2025.
ABSTRACT Objective Approximately half of patients with hereditary myopathies remain without a definitive genetic diagnosis after DNA next‐generation sequencing (NGS). Here, we implemented transcriptome analysis of muscle biopsies as a complementary diagnostic tool for patients with muscle disease but no definitive genetic diagnosis after exome ...
Alba Segarra‐Casas, Cristina Domínguez‐González, Daniel Natera‐de Benito, Solange Kapetanovic, Aurelio Hernández‐Laín, Berta Estévez‐Arias, Laura Llansó, Carlos Ortez, Cristina Jou, Itxaso Martí‐Carrera, Arístides López‐Márquez, Maria José Rodríguez, Laura González‐Mera, Velina Nedkova, Roberto Fernández‐Torrón, Benjamín Rodríguez‐Santiago, Cecília Jimenez‐Mallebrera, Raul Juntas‐Morales, Adolfo López‐de Munain, Jordi Surrallés, Andrés Nascimento, Eduard Gallardo, Montse Olivé, Pia Gallano, Lidia González‐Quereda   +24 more
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Rare nemaline myopathy (a case report)

Гений oртопедии, 2022
Introduction Nemaline myopathies (NM) are a group of neuromuscular diseases, the distinctive histological feature of which are nemaline rods in myosymplasts.
Nikolai S. Migalkin, Galina N. Filimonova, Oksana G. Prudnikova, Igor N. Mezentsev   +3 more
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