Congenital myopathies: disorders of excitation–contraction coupling and muscle contraction

H Jungbluth, S Treves, F Zorzato, A Sarkozy… - Nature Reviews …, 2018 - nature.com
The congenital myopathies are a group of early-onset, non-dystrophic neuromuscular
conditions with characteristic muscle biopsy findings, variable severity and a stable or slowly …

[HTML][HTML] The maintenance of mitochondrial DNA integrity and dynamics by mitochondrial membranes

J Chapman, YS Ng, TJ Nicholls - Life, 2020 - mdpi.com
Mitochondria are complex organelles that harbour their own genome. Mitochondrial DNA
(mtDNA) exists in the form of a circular double-stranded DNA molecule that must be …

Recessive truncating titin gene, TTN, mutations presenting as centronuclear myopathy

O Ceyhan-Birsoy, PB Agrawal, C Hidalgo… - Neurology, 2013 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: To identify causative genes for centronuclear myopathies (CNM), a
heterogeneous group of rare inherited muscle disorders that often present in infancy or early …

[HTML][HTML] Reducing dynamin 2 expression rescues X-linked centronuclear myopathy

BS Cowling, T Chevremont, I Prokic… - The Journal of …, 2014 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Centronuclear myopathies (CNM) are congenital disorders associated with muscle
weakness and abnormally located nuclei in skeletal muscle. An autosomal dominant form of …

[HTML][HTML] Common pathogenic mechanisms in centronuclear and myotubular myopathies and latest treatment advances

R Gómez-Oca, BS Cowling, J Laporte - International journal of molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Centronuclear myopathies (CNM) are rare congenital disorders characterized by muscle
weakness and structural defects including fiber hypotrophy and organelle mispositioning …

Congenital muscular dystrophy and congenital myopathy

RJ Butterfield - CONTINUUM: Lifelong Learning in Neurology, 2019 - journals.lww.com
PURPOSE OF REVIEW Congenital muscular dystrophies and congenital myopathies are a
heterogeneous group of disorders resulting in hypotonia, muscle weakness, and dystrophic …

The genetics of congenital myopathies

HD Gonorazky, CG Bönnemann, JJ Dowling - Handbook of clinical …, 2018 - Elsevier
Congenital myopathies are a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of conditions
that most commonly present at or around the time of birth with hypotonia, muscle weakness …

[HTML][HTML] Pathogenic mechanisms in centronuclear myopathies

H Jungbluth, M Gautel - Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Centronuclear myopathies (CNMs) are a genetically heterogeneous group of inherited
neuromuscular disorders characterized by clinical features of a congenital myopathy and …

[HTML][HTML] Panorama of the distal myopathies

M Savarese, J Sarparanta, A Vihola, PH Jonson… - Acta …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Distal myopathies are genetic primary muscle disorders with a prominent weakness at onset
in hands and/or feet. The age of onset (from early childhood to adulthood), the distribution of …

Agrin mutations lead to a congenital myasthenic syndrome with distal muscle weakness and atrophy

S Nicole, A Chaouch, T Torbergsen, S Bauché… - Brain, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Congenital myasthenic syndromes are a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of
rare diseases resulting from impaired neuromuscular transmission. Their clinical hallmark is …