Rare clinical phenotype of filaminopathy presenting as restrictive cardiomyopathy and myopathy in childhood.

Background: FLNC is one of the few genes associated with all types of cardiomyopathies, but it also underlies neuromuscular phenotype. The combination of concomitant neuromuscular and cardiac involvement is not often observed in filaminopathies and the impact of this on the disease prognosis has hitherto not been analyzed.

Results: Here we provide a detailed clinical, genetic, and structural prediction analysis of distinct FLNC-associated phenotypes based on twelve pediatric cases.

FLNC Expression Level Influences the Activity of TEAD-YAP/TAZ Signaling.

Filamin C (FLNC), being one of the major actin-binding proteins, is involved in the maintenance of key muscle cell functions. Inherited skeletal muscle and cardiac disorders linked to genetic variants in have attracted attention because of their high clinical importance and possibility of genotype-phenotype correlations. To further expand on the role of FLNC in muscle cells, we focused on detailed alterations of muscle cell properties developed after the loss of FLNC.

Two New Cases of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy and Skeletal Muscle Features Associated with Homozygous and Compound Heterozygous Variants.

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy associated with damaging variants in the gene is a fairly recent discovery, and only a small number of patients have been described thus far. Here we present two additional patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy caused by biallelic variants in . Genetic investigation was performed using a targeted gene panel consisting of known cardiomyopathy-associated genes and whole exome sequencing.

Genetic Spectrum of Left Ventricular Non-Compaction in Paediatric Patients.

Introduction: Left ventricular non-compaction (LVNC) represents a genetically heterogeneous cardiomyopathy which occurs in both children and adults. Its genetic spectrum overlaps with other types of cardiomyopathy. However, LVNC phenotypes in different age groups can have distinct genetic aetiologies.

Changes in electrokinetic properties of erythrocytes under the influence of pentoxifylline and new hemorheologically active substances.

We studied the impact of compounds RU-1202 and SUM-55 on electrophoretic mobility of "young" and "old" erythrocytes fractionated in a density gradient. The test compounds are shown to increase electrophoretic mobility of erythrocytes, compound SUM-55 being superior to the reference drug pentoxifylline.

Estimation of microbial methane generation and oxidation rates in the municipal solid waste landfill of Kaluga city, Russia.

Using a theoretical model and mass isotopic balance, biogas (methane and CO(2)) released from buried products at their microbial degradation was analysed in the landfill of municipal and non-toxic industrial solid organic waste near Kaluga city, Russia. The landfill contains about 1.34 x 10(6) tons of waste buried using a 'sandwich technique' (successive application of sand-clay and waste layers).