10,893 results match your criteria: "Congenital Myopathies"
Acta Neuropathol Commun
December 2024
Institute of Myology, Neuromuscular Morphology Unit, Sorbonne Université, INSERM, GHU Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France.
Neuromuscular disorders (NMD) with neonatal or early infantile onset are usually severe and differ in symptoms, complications, and treatment options. The establishment of a diagnosis relies on the combination of clinical examination, morphological analyses of muscle biopsies, and genetic investigations. Here, we re-evaluated and classified a unique collection of 535 muscle biopsies from NMD infants aged 0-6 months examined over a period of 52 years.
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November 2024
Department of Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Sporadic late-onset nemaline rod myopathy is a rare, acquired, sub-acute, adult-onset myopathy characterized by proximal muscle weakness and nemaline rods in the myofibers. In contrast to its congenital form, the prevalence in adult population is comparatively rare. Herein, we report a case of 60-year-old male who presented with insidious onset proximal muscle weakness with myopathic pattern on electromyography.
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December 2024
Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Montpellier, 34093 Montpellier, France.
Congenital titinopathies reported to date show autosomal recessive inheritance and are caused by a variety of genomic variants, most of them located in metatranscript (MTT)-only exons. The aim of this study was to describe additional patients and establish robust genotype-phenotype associations in titinopathies. This study involved analyzing molecular, clinical, pathological, and muscle imaging features in 20 patients who had at least one pathogenic or likely pathogenic variant in MTT-only exons, with onset occurring antenatally or in the early postnatal stages.
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November 2024
Biochemistry Laboratory, LR12ES05 "Nutrition-Functional Foods and Vascular Health", Faculty of Medicine, Monastir, Tunisia.
Dropped head syndrome is a common complication of various neurological disorders. Most commonly, dropped head syndrome is due to primary or secondary myopathy. However, neurodegenerative diseases and various other conditions can also be complicated by dropped head syndrome.
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December 2024
Department of Neuromuscular Diseases, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, London, UK.
Myogenic fusion, primarily regulated by the Myomaker and Myomixer proteins, is essential for skeletal muscle development, yet its mechanisms remain poorly understood. This study presents the clinical and molecular details of the third and fourth reported patients with biallelic variants in MYMX, the gene that encodes Myomixer. We identified a homozygous truncating variant [c.
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December 2024
Paediatric Neurology, Centro Materno Infantil do Norte, Unidade Local de Saúde de Santo António, Porto, PRT.
Cell Mol Life Sci
December 2024
Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology (IGBMC), INSERM U1258, CNRS UMR7104, University of Strasbourg, 1 rue Laurent Fries, Illkirch, 67404, France.
Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol
January 2025
Andhra Medical College, Vishakapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India.
BMC Vet Res
November 2024
Departamento de Anatomía y Anatomía Patológica Comparadas y Toxicología, UIC Zoonosis y Enfermedades Emergentes (ENZOEM), Universidad de Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain.
Background: Megaoesophagus (ME), a disorder of the oesophagus characterized by diffuse oesophageal dilation and decreased peristalsis that may be congenital or acquired. Knowledge regarding the aetiology and prognosis for canine acquired ME is currently limited with most cases being idiopathic, which is a considerable problem to implement an appropriate treatment and a potential better prognosis.
Case Presentation: A 7-year-old, neutered, female Spanish Water Dog was evaluated for progressive weight loss, chronic vomiting and regurgitation.
Front Neurosci
November 2024
Institute of Medical Genetics and Applied Genomics, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
Acta Neurol Belg
November 2024
Department of Neurology, Govind Ballabh Pant Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, G B Pant Hospital, Room No: 501, New Delhi, 110002, India.
Background: Congenital myasthenic syndrome (CMS) is phenotypically and genetically different from myasthenia gravis. CMS can present in adolescents and can be treatable. Genetic testing is helpful in diagnosis, and guides therapy, alleviating the need of muscle biopsy.
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October 2024
Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Qassim University, Buraidah 51452, Saudi Arabia.
Bethlem myopathy is a rare genetic disease caused by a variant mapped to 21q22, which harbors the collagen type VI alpha 2 chain and collagen type VI alpha 1 chain ( genes, and 2q37, which harbors the collagen type VI alpha 3 chain () gene. Disease onset can occur at any age, and the symptoms are related to those of muscular dystrophy. Since Bethlem myopathy is a rare disease, no previous studies have been conducted in Arab countries, including Saudi Arabia.
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November 2024
Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 41125 Modena, Italy.
Collagen VI is an essential component of the extracellular matrix (ECM) composed by α1, α2 and α3 chains and encoded by , and genes. Dominant negative pathogenic variants in genes result in defects in collagen VI protein and are implicated in the pathogenesis of muscular diseases, including Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy (UCMD). Here, we designed a CRISPR genome editing strategy to tackle a dominant heterozygous deletion c.
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November 2024
Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire (IGBMC), Inserm U1258, CNRS UMR7104, Université de Strasbourg, 67404 Illkirch, France.
Store-operated Ca entry (SOCE) controls Ca homeostasis and mediates multiple Ca-dependent signaling pathways and cellular processes. It relies on the concerted activity of the reticular Ca sensor STIM1 and the plasma membrane Ca channel ORAI1. STIM1 and ORAI1 gain-of-function (GoF) mutations induce SOCE overactivity and excessive Ca influx, leading to tubular aggregate myopathy (TAM) and Stormorken syndrome (STRMK), two overlapping disorders characterized by muscle weakness and a variable occurrence of multi-systemic anomalies affecting spleen, skin, and platelets.
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February 2025
The Musculoskeletal Genetics Laboratory, The Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, Bar-Ilan University, Safed, 1311502, Israel; Hebrew SeniorLife, Hinda and Arthur Marcus Institute for Aging Research, Boston, MA 02131, USA. Electronic address:
Nat Commun
November 2024
Aix-Marseille Univ, INSERM, Marseille Medical Genetics (MMG), Marseille, France.
Cardiopharyngeal mesoderm contributes to the formation of the heart and head muscles. However, the mechanisms governing cardiopharyngeal mesoderm specification remain unclear. Here, we reproduce cardiopharyngeal mesoderm specification towards cardiac and skeletal muscle lineages with gastruloids from mouse embryonic stem cells.
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November 2024
Center for Postgraduate Education and Training, National Center for Child Health and Development (NCCHD), 2-10-1 Okura, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 157-8535, Japan.
Zh Nevrol Psikhiatr Im S S Korsakova
November 2024
Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Objective: To evaluate the impact of regular hydrokinesotherapy sessions and indicators of cardiorespiratory functions on the motor abilities of patients with hereditary myopathy of childhood.
Material And Methods: The study included 63 patients with genetically confirmed hereditary myopathy. Group 1 included 32 patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) who were in the early ambulatory stage.
J Hand Surg Asian Pac Vol
December 2024
Orthopaedic Surgery, Fayoum University, Egypt.
Revision surgery after syndactyly separation is challenging. Web creep and scarring have a great impact on function and appearance of the hand. There is a paucity of literature on revision surgery for syndactyly.
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February 2025
Tianjin Children's Hospital (Children's Hospital of Tianjin University), Tianjin 300134, China; Tianjin Pediatric Research Institute, Tianjin 300134, China; Tianjin Key Laboratory of Birth Defects for Prevention and Treatment, Tianjin 300134, China. Electronic address:
Med Sci (Paris)
November 2024
IGBMC - CNRS UMR 7104 - Inserm U 1258, Illkirch, France.
Centronuclear myopathies are rare congenital disorders characterized by muscle weakness and mislocalization of organelles. The main genes associated to these muscle diseases are MTM1, DNM2, BIN1 and RYR1. To date, no therapy is available.
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November 2024
Molecular Diagnostics, Counseling, Care and Research Centre (MDCRC), Royal Care Super Speciality Hospital, Coimbatore, India.
Background: Targeted next generation sequence analyses in a cohort of 961 previously described patients with clinically suspected Duchene muscular dystrophy (DMD) revealed that 145/961 (15%) had variants in genes associated with other muscular dystrophies (OMDs).
Methods: NGS was carried out in DMD negative patients after deletion/duplication analysis followed by WES for No variant cases.
Results: The majority of patients with OMDs had autosomal recessive diseases that included Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophies (LGMDs), Bethlem, Ullrich congenital Myopathies and Emery-Driefuss muscular dystrophy.
J Hand Surg Asian Pac Vol
December 2024
National Center for Child Health and Development (NCCHD), Tokyo, Japan.
Camptodactyly is a congenital difference with flexion contracture of the proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joint. Camptodactyly limited to one finger is believed to be due to an anomaly of the lumbrical muscle that inserts into the flexor digitorum superficialis (FDS) tendon instead of the extensor expansion, whereas multiple finger camptodactyly is believed to be a result of shortage of soft tissues on the flexor surface of the fingers. It is important to differentiate camptodactyly from other causes of extension lag at the PIP joint.
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November 2024
Department of Pediatric Neurology, Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Medicine, İzmir, Turkey.
Mol Genet Genomic Med
November 2024
Faculté de Médecine et d'Odontostomatologie, Université des Sciences, des Techniques et des Technologies de Bamako, Bamako, Mali.
Background: Congenital muscular dystrophies (CMDs) are diverse early-onset conditions affecting skeletal muscle and connective tissue. This group includes collagen VI-related dystrophies such as Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy (UCMD) and Bethlem myopathy (BM), caused by mutations in the COL6A1, COL6A2 and COL6A3 genes. We report a consanguineous Malian family with three siblings affected by UCMD due to a novel homozygous splice site variant in the COL6A1 gene.
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