The myotonic dystrophies: molecular, clinical, and therapeutic challenges

B Udd, R Krahe - The Lancet Neurology, 2012 - thelancet.com
Myotonic dystrophy is the most common type of muscular dystrophy in adults and is
characterised by progressive myopathy, myotonia, and multiorgan involvement. Two …

[HTML][HTML] Myotonic dystrophies: an update on clinical aspects, genetic, pathology, and molecular pathomechanisms

G Meola, R Cardani - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular Basis …, 2015 - Elsevier
Myotonic dystrophy (DM) is the most common adult muscular dystrophy, characterized by
autosomal dominant progressive myopathy, myotonia and multiorgan involvement. To date …

Myotonic Dystrophy Type 2 Caused by a CCTG Expansion in Intron 1 of ZNF9

CL Liquori, K Ricker, ML Moseley, JF Jacobsen… - Science, 2001 - science.org
Myotonic dystrophy (DM), the most common form of muscular dystrophy in adults, can be
caused by a mutation on either chromosome 19q13 (DM1) or 3q21 (DM2/PROMM). DM1 is …

[HTML][HTML] Recruitment of human muscleblind proteins to (CUG) n expansions associated with myotonic dystrophy

JW Miller, CR Urbinati, P Teng‐umnuay… - The EMBO …, 2000 - embopress.org
Myotonic dystrophy (DM1) is an autosomal dominant neuromuscular disorder associated
with a (CTG) n expansion in the 3′‐untranslated region of the DM1 protein kinase (DMPK) …

[图书][B] Myotonic dystrophy

P Harper - 2009 - books.google.com
Myotonic dystrophy is part of the group of muscular dystrophies. It is the commonest
inherited muscular dystrophy and has a profound effect on individuals who are diagnosed …

C9orf72 hexanucleotide repeat associated with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia forms RNA G-quadruplexes

P Fratta, S Mizielinska, AJ Nicoll, M Zloh, EMC Fisher… - Scientific reports, 2012 - nature.com
Large expansions of a non-coding GGGGCC-repeat in the first intron of the C9orf72 gene
are a common cause of both amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal …

Repeat expansion disease: progress and puzzles in disease pathogenesis

AR La Spada, JP Taylor - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2010 - nature.com
Repeat expansion mutations cause at least 22 inherited neurological diseases. The
complexity of repeat disease genetics and pathobiology has revealed unexpected shared …

Diseases of unstable repeat expansion: mechanisms and common principles

JR Gatchel, HY Zoghbi - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2005 - nature.com
The list of developmental and degenerative diseases that are caused by expansion of
unstable repeats continues to grow, and is now approaching 20 disorders. The pathogenic …

A systematic review and meta-analysis on the epidemiology of the muscular dystrophies

JK Mah, L Korngut, KM Fiest, J Dykeman… - Canadian Journal of …, 2016 - cambridge.org
Background: The muscular dystrophies are a heterogeneous group of genetic muscle
diseases with variable distribution of weakness and mode of inheritance. Methods: We …

Myotonic dystrophy type 2: molecular, diagnostic and clinical spectrum

JW Day, K Ricker, JF Jacobsen, LJ Rasmussen… - Neurology, 2003 - AAN Enterprises
Background: Myotonic dystrophy types 1 (DM1) and 2 (DM2/proximal myotonic myopathy
PROMM) are dominantly inherited disorders with unusual multisystemic clinical features …