Progress and challenges in diagnosis of dysferlinopathy

M Fanin, C Angelini - Muscle & nerve, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Dysferlin‐deficient limb girdle muscular dystrophy type 2B, distal Miyoshi myopathy, and
other less frequent phenotypes are a group of recessive disorders called dysferlinopathies …

Limb girdle muscular dystrophies: update on genetic diagnosis and therapeutic approaches

V Nigro, S Aurino, G Piluso - Current opinion in neurology, 2011 - journals.lww.com
The genetic diagnosis of LGMD from the present home-made algorithms will move toward
high-throughput diagnostic strategies based on next-generation sequencing (NGS) …

Muscular dystrophy with marked Dysferlin deficiency is consistently caused by primary dysferlin gene mutations

M Cacciottolo, G Numitone, S Aurino… - European journal of …, 2011 - nature.com
Dysferlin is a 237-kDa transmembrane protein involved in calcium-mediated sarcolemma
resealing. Dysferlin gene mutations cause limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) 2B …

A naturally occurring human minidysferlin protein repairs sarcolemmal lesions in a mouse model of dysferlinopathy

M Krahn, N Wein, M Bartoli, W Lostal… - Science translational …, 2010 - science.org
Dysferlinopathies are autosomal recessive, progressive muscle dystrophies caused by
mutations in DYSF, leading to a loss or a severe reduction of dysferlin, a key protein in …

Efficient bypass of mutations in dysferlin deficient patient cells by antisense‐induced exon skipping

N Wein, A Avril, M Bartoli, C Beley, S Chaouch… - Human …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Mutations in DYSF encoding dysferlin cause primary dysferlinopathies, autosomal recessive
diseases that mainly present clinically as Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy type 2B and …

UMD‐DYSF, a novel locus specific database for the compilation and interactive analysis of mutations in the dysferlin gene

G Blandin, C Beroud, V Labelle, K Nguyen… - Human …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Mutations in the dysferlin gene (DYSF) lead to a complete or partial absence of the dysferlin
protein in skeletal muscles and are at the origin of dysferlinopathies, a heterogeneous group …

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 …

Translational research and therapeutic perspectives in dysferlinopathies

F Barthélémy, N Wein, M Krahn, N Lévy, M Bartoli - Molecular Medicine, 2011 - Springer
Dysferlinopathies are autosomal recessive disorders caused by mutations in the dysferlin
(DYSF) gene, encoding the dysferlin protein. DYSF mutations lead to a wide range of …

Dysferlin gene mutation spectrum in a large cohort of Chinese patients with dysferlinopathy

SQ Jin, M Yu, W Zhang, H Lyu, Y Yuan… - Chinese medical …, 2016 - mednexus.org
Background: Dysferlinopathy is caused by mutations in the dysferlin (DYSF) gene. Here, we
described the genetic features of a large cohort of Chinese patients with this disease …

Targeted next-generation sequencing for the genetic diagnosis of dysferlinopathy

HY Shin, H Jang, JH Han, HJ Park, JH Lee… - Neuromuscular …, 2015 - Elsevier
Dysferlinopathy comprises a group of autosomal recessive muscular dystrophies caused by
mutations in the DYSF gene. Due to the large size of the gene and its lack of mutational hot …