Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy: genetics, gene activation and downstream signalling with regard to recent therapeutic approaches: an update

T Schätzl, L Kaiser, HP Deigner - Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2021 - Springer
Whilst a disease-modifying treatment for Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD)
does not exist currently, recent advances in complex molecular pathophysiology studies of …

DUX4 signalling in the pathogenesis of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy

KRQ Lim, Q Nguyen, T Yokota - International journal of molecular …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is a disabling inherited muscular disorder
characterized by asymmetric, progressive muscle weakness and degeneration. Patients …

The genetics and epigenetics of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy

CL Himeda, PL Jones - Annual review of genomics and human …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD), a progressive myopathy that afflicts
individuals of all ages, provides a powerful model of the complex interplay between genetic …

[HTML][HTML] A cre-inducible DUX4 transgenic mouse model for investigating facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy

T Jones, PL Jones - PLoS One, 2018 - journals.plos.org
The Double homeobox 4 (DUX4) gene is an important regulator of early human
development and its aberrant expression is causal for facioscapulohumeral muscular …

2022 HRS expert consensus statement on evaluation and management of arrhythmic risk in neuromuscular disorders

WJ Groh, D Bhakta, GF Tomaselli, RG Aleong… - Heart Rhythm, 2022 - Elsevier
This international multidisciplinary document is intended to guide electrophysiologists,
cardiologists, other clinicians, and health care professionals in caring for patients with …

Clinical expression of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy in carriers of 1–3 D4Z4 reduced alleles: experience of the FSHD Italian National Registry

A Nikolic, G Ricci, F Sera, E Bucci, M Govi, F Mele… - BMJ open, 2016 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy type 1 (FSHD1) has been genetically
linked to reduced numbers (≤ 8) of D4Z4 repeats at 4q35. Particularly severe FSHD cases …

[HTML][HTML] Validation of optical genome mapping for the molecular diagnosis of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy

AA Stence, JG Thomason, JA Pruessner… - The Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - Elsevier
The molecular diagnosis of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) relies on
detecting contractions of the unique D4Z4 repeat array at the chromosome 4q35 locus in the …

Early onset facioscapulohumeral dystrophy–a systematic review using individual patient data

RJM Goselink, NC Voermans, K Okkersen… - Neuromuscular …, 2017 - Elsevier
Infantile or early onset is estimated to occur in around 10% of all facioscapulohumeral
dystrophy (FSHD) patients. Although small series of early onset FSHD patients have been …

Dominant lethal pathologies in male mice engineered to contain an X-linked DUX4 transgene

A Dandapat, D Bosnakovski, LM Hartweck, RW Arpke… - Cell reports, 2014 - cell.com
Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is an enigmatic disease associated with
epigenetic alterations in the subtelomeric heterochromatin of the D4Z4 macrosatellite …

[HTML][HTML] Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy

S Sacconi, L Salviati, C Desnuelle - … Acta (BBA)-Molecular Basis of Disease, 2015 - Elsevier
Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is characterized by a typical and
asymmetric pattern of muscle involvement and disease progression. Two forms of FSHD …