PROTAC targeted protein degraders: the past is prologue

M Békés, DR Langley, CM Crews - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2022 - nature.com
Targeted protein degradation (TPD) is an emerging therapeutic modality with the potential to
tackle disease-causing proteins that have historically been highly challenging to target with …

Ubiquitin ligases: guardians of mammalian development

DA Cruz Walma, Z Chen, AN Bullock… - … Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2022 - nature.com
Mammalian development demands precision. Millions of molecules must be properly
located in temporal order, and their function regulated, to orchestrate important steps in cell …

Molecular and cellular basis of genetically inherited skeletal muscle disorders

JJ Dowling, CC Weihl, MJ Spencer - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2021 - nature.com
Neuromuscular disorders comprise a diverse group of human inborn diseases that arise
from defects in the structure and/or function of the muscle tissue—encompassing the muscle …

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 …

The ubiquitin–proteasome system in regulation of the skeletal muscle homeostasis and atrophy: from basic science to disorders

Y Kitajima, K Yoshioka, N Suzuki - The Journal of Physiological Sciences, 2020 - Springer
Skeletal muscle is one of the most abundant and highly plastic tissues. The ubiquitin–
proteasome system (UPS) is recognised as a major intracellular protein degradation system …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in nemaline myopathy

J Laitila, C Wallgren-Pettersson - Neuromuscular Disorders, 2021 - Elsevier
The nemaline myopathies constitute a large proportion of the congenital or structural
myopathies. Common to all patients is muscle weakness and the presence in the muscle …

Leiomodin-3 dysfunction results in thin filament disorganization and nemaline myopathy

M Yuen, SA Sandaradura, JJ Dowling… - The Journal of …, 2014 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Nemaline myopathy (NM) is a genetic muscle disorder characterized by muscle dysfunction
and electron-dense protein accumulations (nemaline bodies) in myofibers. Pathogenic …

Congenital myopathies: clinical phenotypes and new diagnostic tools

D Cassandrini, R Trovato, A Rubegni, S Lenzi… - Italian journal of …, 2017 - Springer
Congenital myopathies are a group of genetic muscle disorders characterized clinically by
hypotonia and weakness, usually from birth, and a static or slowly progressive clinical …

Rapid targeted genomics in critically ill newborns

CC Van Diemen, WS Kerstjens-Frederikse… - …, 2017 - publications.aap.org
BACKGROUND: Rapid diagnostic whole-genome sequencing has been explored in
critically ill newborns, hoping to improve their clinical care and replace time-consuming …

Kelch proteins: emerging roles in skeletal muscle development and diseases

VA Gupta, AH Beggs - Skeletal muscle, 2014 - Springer
Our understanding of genes that cause skeletal muscle disease has increased
tremendously over the past three decades. Advances in approaches to genetics and …