[HTML][HTML] Skeletal muscle laminin and MDC1A: pathogenesis and treatment strategies

KI Gawlik, M Durbeej - Skeletal muscle, 2011 - Springer
Laminin-211 is a cell-adhesion molecule that is strongly expressed in the basement
membrane of skeletal muscle. By binding to the cell surface receptors dystroglycan and …

[HTML][HTML] Usher syndrome: genetics and molecular links of hearing loss and directions for therapy

M Whatley, A Francis, ZY Ng, XE Khoh, MD Atlas… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Usher syndrome (USH) is an autosomal recessive (AR) disorder that permanently and
severely affects the senses of hearing, vision, and balance. Three clinically distinct types of …

Alterations of the CIB2 calcium-and integrin-binding protein cause Usher syndrome type 1J and nonsyndromic deafness DFNB48

S Riazuddin, IA Belyantseva, APJ Giese, K Lee… - Nature …, 2012 - nature.com
Sensorineural hearing loss is genetically heterogeneous. Here, we report that mutations in
CIB2, which encodes a calcium-and integrin-binding protein, are associated with …

[HTML][HTML] Loss of CIB2 causes profound hearing loss and abolishes mechanoelectrical transduction in mice

Y Wang, J Li, X Yao, W Li, H Du, M Tang… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Calcium and integrin-binding protein 2 (CIB2) belongs to a protein family with four known
members, CIB1 through CIB4, which are characterized by multiple calcium-binding EF-hand …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular analysis of CIB4 gene and protein in Kermani sheep

MR Mohammadabadi, AHD Jafari… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2017 - SciELO Brasil
The human calcium-and integrin-binding protein (CIB) family is composed of CIB1, CIB2,
CIB3, and CIB4 proteins and the CIB 4 gene affects fertility. Kermani sheep is one of the …

CIB2, defective in isolated deafness, is key for auditory hair cell mechanotransduction and survival

V Michel, KT Booth, P Patni, M Cortese… - EMBO Molecular …, 2017 - embopress.org
Defects of CIB 2, calcium‐and integrin‐binding protein 2, have been reported to cause
isolated deafness, DFNB 48 and Usher syndrome type‐IJ, characterized by congenital …

Current understanding and treatment of cardiac and skeletal muscle pathology in laminin-α2 chain-deficient congenital muscular dystrophy

Q Nguyen, KRQ Lim, T Yokota - The application of clinical genetics, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Congenital muscular dystrophy (CMD) is a class of severe early-onset muscular dystrophies
affecting skeletal/cardiac muscles as well as the central nervous system (CNS). Laminin-α2 …

CIB1 is a regulator of pathological cardiac hypertrophy

J Heineke, M Auger-Messier, RN Correll, J Xu… - Nature medicine, 2010 - nature.com
Hypertrophic heart disease is a leading health problem in Western countries. Here we
identified the small EF hand domain–containing protein Ca2+ and integrin–binding protein …

Laminin-α2 chain-deficient congenital muscular dystrophy: pathophysiology and development of treatment

M Durbeej - Current topics in membranes, 2015 - Elsevier
Laminin-211 is a major constituent of the skeletal muscle basement membrane. It stabilizes
skeletal muscle and influences signal transduction events from the myomatrix to the muscle …

[HTML][HTML] A comprehensive transcriptome analysis of skeletal muscles in two Polish pig breeds differing in fat and meat quality traits

K Piórkowska, K Żukowski, K Ropka-Molik… - … and molecular biology, 2018 - SciELO Brasil
Pork is the most popular meat in the world. Unfortunately, the selection pressure focused on
high meat content led to a reduction in pork quality. The present study used RNA-seq …