Complexity and specificity of Sec61-channelopathies: human diseases affecting gating of the Sec61 complex

M Sicking, S Lang, F Bochen, A Roos, JPH Drenth… - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
The rough endoplasmic reticulum (ER) of nucleated human cells has crucial functions in
protein biogenesis, calcium (Ca2+) homeostasis, and signal transduction. Among the …

Replication stress induces global chromosome breakage in the fragile X genome

A Chakraborty, P Jenjaroenpun, J Li, S El Hilali… - Cell reports, 2020 - cell.com
Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is a neurodevelopmental disorder caused by mutations in the
FMR1 gene and deficiency of a functional FMRP protein. FMRP is known as a translation …

[HTML][HTML] Proteomic Profiling Towards a Better Understanding of Genetic Based Muscular Diseases: The Current Picture and a Look to the Future

M Pauper, A Hentschel, M Tiburcy, S Beltran, T Ruck… - Biomolecules, 2025 - mdpi.com
Proteomics accelerates diagnosis and research of muscular diseases by enabling the robust
analysis of proteins relevant for the manifestation of neuromuscular diseases in the following …

Intracellular Lipid Accumulation and Mitochondrial Dysfunction Accompanies Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Caused by Loss of the Co-chaperone DNAJC3

MJ Jennings, D Hathazi, CDL Nguyen… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Recessive mutations in DNAJC3, an endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-resident BiP co-
chaperone, have been identified in patients with multisystemic neurodegeneration and …

Molecular pathophysiology of human MICU1 deficiency

N Kohlschmidt, M Elbracht, A Czech… - Neuropathology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aims MICU1 encodes the gatekeeper of the mitochondrial Ca2+ uniporter, MICU1 and
biallelic loss‐of‐function mutations cause a complex, neuromuscular disorder in children …

Clinical and research strategies for limb‐girdle congenital myasthenic syndromes

E O'Connor, A Töpf, RP Zahedi… - Annals of the New …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Congenital myasthenic syndromes (CMS) are a group of rare disorders that cause fatigable
muscle weakness due to defective signal transmission at the neuromuscular junction, a …

Role of the HSP70 co-chaperone SIL1 in health and disease

VP Ichhaporia, LM Hendershot - International journal of molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Cell surface and secreted proteins provide essential functions for multicellular life. They
enter the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) lumen co-translationally, where they mature and fold …

Proteomic studies in VWA1‐related neuromyopathy allowed new pathophysiological insights and the definition of blood biomarkers

M Athamneh, N Daya, A Hentschel… - Journal of Cellular …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Bi‐allelic variants in VWA1, encoding Von Willebrand Factor A domain containing 1 protein
localized to the extracellular matrix (ECM), were linked to a neuromuscular disorder with …

Mutations in PTPN11 could lead to a congenital myasthenic syndrome phenotype: a Noonan syndrome case series

A Pugliese, A Della Marina, E de Paula Estephan… - Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
The RASopathies are a group of genetic rare diseases caused by mutations affecting genes
involved in the RAS/MAPK (RAS–mitogen activated protein kinase) pathway. Among them …

New insights into the Neuromyogenic Spectrum of a gain of function mutation in SPTLC1

H Kölbel, F Kraft, A Hentschel, A Czech, A Gangfuss… - Genes, 2022 - mdpi.com
Serine palmitoyltransferase long chain base subunit 1 (SPTLC1) encodes a serine
palmitoyltransferase (SPT) resident in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Pathological …