Clinical presentation and natural history of Barth Syndrome: An overview

C Taylor, ES Rao, G Pierre… - Journal of Inherited …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Barth Syndrome is a rare X‐linked disorder caused by pathogenic variants in the gene
TAFAZZIN, which encodes for an enzyme involved in the remodeling of cardiolipin, a …

Barth syndrome: from mitochondrial dysfunctions associated with aberrant production of reactive oxygen species to pluripotent stem cell studies

A Saric, K Andreau, AS Armand, IM Møller… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Mutations in the gene encoding the enzyme tafazzin, TAZ, cause Barth syndrome (BTHS).
Individuals with this X-linked multisystem disorder present cardiomyopathy (CM)(often …

Long-term Efficacy and Safety of Elamipretide in Patients with Barth Syndrome: 168-Week Open-label Extension Results of TAZPOWER

WR Thompson, R Manuel, A Abbruscato, J Carr… - Genetics in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Purpose Evaluate long-term efficacy and safety of elamipretide during the open-label
extension (OLE) of the TAZPOWER trial in individuals with Barth syndrome (BTHS). Methods …

[HTML][HTML] Cardiolipin deficiency affects respiratory chain function and organization in an induced pluripotent stem cell model of Barth syndrome

J Dudek, IF Cheng, M Balleininger, FM Vaz… - Stem cell …, 2013 - Elsevier
Barth syndrome (BTHS) patients carrying mutations in tafazzin (TAZ1), which is involved in
the final maturation of cardiolipin, present with dilated cardiomyopathy, skeletal myopathy …

Cardiolipin remodeling by TAZ/tafazzin is selectively required for the initiation of mitophagy

P Hsu, X Liu, J Zhang, HG Wang, JM Ye, Y Shi - Autophagy, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Tafazzin (TAZ) is a phospholipid transacylase that catalyzes the remodeling of cardiolipin, a
mitochondrial phospholipid required for oxidative phosphorylation. Mutations of TAZ cause …

Metabolic switch from fatty acid oxidation to glycolysis in knock‐in mouse model of Barth syndrome

A Chowdhury, A Boshnakovska, A Aich… - EMBO molecular …, 2023 - embopress.org
Mitochondria are central for cellular metabolism and energy supply. Barth syndrome (BTHS)
is a severe disorder, due to dysfunction of the mitochondrial cardiolipin acyl transferase …

Modeling the mitochondrial cardiomyopathy of Barth syndrome with induced pluripotent stem cell and heart-on-chip technologies

G Wang, ML McCain, L Yang, A He, FS Pasqualini… - Nature medicine, 2014 - nature.com
Study of monogenic mitochondrial cardiomyopathies may yield insights into mitochondrial
roles in cardiac development and disease. Here, we combined patient-derived and …

Barth syndrome: exploring cardiac metabolism with induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes

EM Fatica, GA DeLeonibus, A House, JV Kodger… - Metabolites, 2019 - mdpi.com
Barth syndrome (BTHS) is an X-linked recessive multisystem disorder caused by mutations
in the TAZ gene (TAZ, G 4.5, OMIM 300394) that encodes for the acyltransferase tafazzin …

Tafazzin knockdown in mice leads to a developmental cardiomyopathy with early diastolic dysfunction preceding myocardial noncompaction

CKL Phoon, D Acehan, M Schlame… - Journal of the …, 2012 - Am Heart Assoc
Background Barth syndrome is a rare, multisystem disorder caused by mutations in tafazzin
that lead to cardiolipin deficiency and mitochondrial abnormalities. Patients most commonly …

Barth syndrome cardiomyopathy

J Dudek, C Maack - Cardiovascular Research, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Barth syndrome (BTHS) is an inherited form of cardiomyopathy, caused by a mutation within
the gene encoding the mitochondrial transacylase tafazzin. Tafazzin is involved in the …