Using gene panels in the diagnosis of neuromuscular disorders: A mini-review

KWP Ng, HL Chin, AXY Chin, DLM Goh - Frontiers in Neurology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The diagnosis of inherited neuromuscular disorders is challenging due to their genetic and
phenotypic variability. Traditionally, neurophysiology and histopathology were primarily …

Variant reclassification and clinical implications

N Walsh, A Cooper, A Dockery… - Journal of medical genetics, 2024 - jmg.bmj.com
Genomic technologies have transformed clinical genetic testing, underlining the importance
of accurate molecular genetic diagnoses. Variant classification, ranging from benign to …

Dysferlinopathies: Clinical and genetic variability

A Ivanova, S Smirnikhina, A Lavrov - Clinical Genetics, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Dysferlinopathies are a clinically heterogeneous group of diseases caused by mutations in
the DYSF gene encoding the dysferlin protein. Dysferlin is mostly expressed in muscle …

Identification of a novel heterozygous DYSF variant in a large family with a dominantly‐inherited dysferlinopathy

C Folland, R Johnsen, A Botero Gomez… - Neuropathology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aims Dysferlinopathy is an autosomal recessive muscular dystrophy, caused by bi‐allelic
variants in the gene encoding dysferlin (DYSF). Onset typically occurs in the second to third …

Genetic profile of patients with limb-girdle muscle weakness in the Chilean population

M Cerino, P González-Hormazábal, M Abaji, S Courrier… - Genes, 2022 - mdpi.com
Hereditary myopathies are a group of genetically determined muscle disorders comprising
more than 300 entities. In Chile, there are no specific registries of the distinct forms of these …

Molecular landscape of DYSF mutations in dysferlinopathy: From a Chinese multicenter analysis to a worldwide perspective

H Zhong, M Yu, P Lin, Z Zhao, X Zheng, J Xi… - Human …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Dysferlinopathy is one of the most common subgroup of autosomal recessive limb‐girdle
muscular dystrophies that is caused by mutations in DYSF gene. However, there is currently …

Alanyl-tRNA synthetase 1 gene variants in hereditary neuropathy: genotype and phenotype overview

S Setlere, M Jurcenko, L Gailite, D Rots… - Neurology …, 2022 - AAN Enterprises
Background and Objectives Our objective was to report 2 novel variants and to reclassify
previously reported alanyl-tRNA synthetase 1 (AARS1) variants associated with hereditary …

Canadian College of Medical Geneticists: clinical practice advisory document–responsibility to recontact for reinterpretation of clinical genetic testing

ESY Goh, L Chad, J Richer, Y Bombard… - Journal of Medical …, 2024 - jmg.bmj.com
Background Advances in technology and knowledge have facilitated both an increase in the
number of patient variants reported and variants reclassified. While there is currently no duty …

The Dysferlinopathies Conundrum: Clinical Spectra, Disease Mechanism and Genetic Approaches for Treatments

S Anwar, T Yokota - Biomolecules, 2024 - mdpi.com
Dysferlinopathies refer to a spectrum of muscular dystrophies that cause progressive muscle
weakness and degeneration. They are caused by mutations in the DYSF gene, which …

Current and future approaches to classify VUSs in LGMD-related genes

C Li, G Haller, CC Weihl - Genes, 2022 - mdpi.com
Next-generation sequencing (NGS) has revealed large numbers of genetic variants in
LGMD-related genes, with most of them classified as variants of uncertain significance …