Heterogeneity of nemaline myopathy cases with skeletal muscle α‐actin gene mutations

PB Agrawal, CD Strickland, C Midgett… - Annals of …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Nemaline myopathy (NM) is the most common of several congenital myopathies that present
with skeletal muscle weakness and hypotonia. It is clinically heterogeneous and the …

[HTML][HTML] Severe ACTA1-related nemaline myopathy: intranuclear rods, cytoplasmic bodies, and enlarged perinuclear space as characteristic pathological features on …

C Labasse, G Brochier, AL Taratuto, B Cadot… - Acta neuropathologica …, 2022 - Springer
Nemaline myopathy (NM) is a muscle disorder with broad clinical and genetic heterogeneity.
The clinical presentation of affected individuals ranges from severe perinatal muscle …

Defining α-skeletal and α-cardiac actin expression in human heart and skeletal muscle explains the absence of cardiac involvement in ACTA1 nemaline myopathy

B Ilkovski, S Clement, C Sewry, KN North… - Neuromuscular …, 2005 - Elsevier
Mutations in α-skeletal actin (ACTA1) underlie several congenital muscle disorders
including nemaline myopathy (NM). Almost all ACTA1-NM patients have normal cardiac …

Autosomal dominant nemaline myopathy with intranuclear rods due to mutation of the skeletal muscle ACTA1 gene: clinical and pathological variability within a …

DO Hutchinson, A Charlton, NG Laing, B Ilkovski… - Neuromuscular …, 2006 - Elsevier
Nemaline Myopathy with Intranuclear Rods is a rare variant of nemaline myopathy, due in
almost all instances to mutation of ACTA1, the gene encoding skeletal muscle α-actin. We …

Nemaline myopathy caused by absence of α‐skeletal muscle actin

KJ Nowak, CA Sewry, C Navarro… - Annals of Neurology …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To investigate seven congenital myopathy patients from six families: one French
Gypsy, one Spanish Gypsy, four British Pakistanis, and one British Indian. Three patients …

[HTML][HTML] Nemaline myopathy caused by mutations in the muscle α-skeletal-actin gene

B Ilkovski, ST Cooper, K Nowak, MM Ryan… - The American Journal of …, 2001 - cell.com
Nemaline myopathy (NM) is a clinically and genetically heterogeneous disorder
characterized by muscle weakness and the presence of nemaline bodies (rods) in skeletal …

Distinct underlying mechanisms of limb and respiratory muscle fiber weaknesses in nemaline myopathy

J Lindqvist, AJ Cheng, G Renaud… - … of Neuropathology & …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Nemaline myopathy is the most common congenital myopathy and is caused by mutations in
various genes such as ACTA1 (encoding skeletal α-actin). It is associated with limb and …

Mild phenotype of nemaline myopathy with sleep hypoventilation due to a mutation in the skeletal muscle α-actin (ACTA1) gene

H Jungbluth, CA Sewry, SC Brown, KJ Nowak… - Neuromuscular …, 2001 - Elsevier
Nemaline myopathy is a clinically and genetically heterogeneous condition. The clinical
spectrum ranges from severe cases with antenatal or neonatal onset and early death to late …

Severe nemaline myopathy caused by mutations of the stop codon of the skeletal muscle alpha actin gene (ACTA1)

W Wallefeld, S Krause, KJ Nowak, D Dye… - Neuromuscular …, 2006 - Elsevier
Most nemaline myopathy patients have mutations in the nebulin (NEB) or skeletal muscle α-
actin (ACTA1) genes. Here we report for the first time three patients with severe nemaline …

Modulating myosin restores muscle function in a mouse model of nemaline myopathy

J Lindqvist, Y Levy, A Pati‐Alam… - Annals of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Nemaline myopathy, one of the most common congenital myopathies, is
associated with mutations in various genes including ACTA1. This disease is also …