Dystrophinopathies

BT Darras, CC Menache-Starobinski, V Hinton… - … disorders of Infancy …, 2015 - Elsevier
Dystrophinopathies result from mutations of the DMD gene that primarily affect skeletal
muscle but also affect heart, brain, and smooth muscle. Advances in the genetic analysis of …

Sex differences in cardiomyopathies

S Meyer, P van der Meer… - European journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Cardiomyopathies are a heterogeneous group of heart muscle diseases with a variety of
specific phenotypes. According to the contemporary European Society of Cardiology …

X‐chromosome inactivation in female patients with Fabry disease

L Echevarria, K Benistan, A Toussaint… - Clinical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Fabry disease (FD) is an X‐linked genetic disorder caused by the deficient activity of
lysosomal α‐galactosidase (α‐Gal). While males are usually severely affected, clinical …

Dystrophin myonuclear domain restoration governs treatment efficacy in dystrophic muscle

A Morin, A Stantzou, ON Petrova… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Dystrophin is essential for muscle health: its sarcolemmal absence causes the fatal, X-linked
condition, Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). However, its normal, spatial organization …

Identification of intellectual disability genes in female patients with a skewed X‐inactivation pattern

N Fieremans, H Van Esch, M Holvoet… - Human …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Intellectual disability (ID) is a heterogeneous disorder with an unknown molecular etiology in
many cases. Previously, X‐linked ID (XLID) studies focused on males because of the …

Determining the role of skewed X-chromosome inactivation in developing muscle symptoms in carriers of Duchenne muscular dystrophy

E Viggiano, M Ergoli, E Picillo, L Politano - Human Genetics, 2016 - Springer
Duchenne and Becker dystrophinopathies (DMD and BMD) are X-linked recessive disorders
caused by mutations in the dystrophin gene that lead to absent or reduced expression of …

Neurohormonal and clinical sex differences in heart failure

S Meyer, P van der Meer, VM van Deursen… - European heart …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Aims Despite disparities in pathophysiology and disease manifestation between male and
female patients with heart failure, studies focusing on sex differences in biomarkers are …

Evidence-based consensus and systematic review on reducing the time to diagnosis of Duchenne muscular dystrophy

A Aartsma-Rus, M Hegde, T Ben-Omran… - The Journal of …, 2019 - jpeds.com
Methods The Delphi Consensus Initiative presented here is focused on how to reduce the
time to diagnosis of DMD. The development process for this initiative is summarized in …

Dystrophinopathies

JF Brandsema, BT Darras - Rosenberg's Molecular and Genetic Basis of …, 2025 - Elsevier
The dystrophinopathies fall along a spectrum of muscular dystrophy phenotypes, with
variable involvement of skeletal and cardiac muscle, inherited in an X-linked recessive …

263rd ENMC International Workshop: Focus on female carriers of dystrophinopathy: refining recommendations for prevention, diagnosis, surveillance, and treatment …

A Sarkozy, R Quinlivan, JP Bourke, A Ferlini… - Neuromuscular …, 2023 - Elsevier
The 263rd ENMC International Workshop was convened in Amsterdam 13th-15th May 2022.
This was a hybrid meeting (participants took part either face to face or virtual via an on-line …