Nemaline myopathies: a current view

CA Sewry, JM Laitila, C Wallgren-Pettersson - Journal of Muscle Research …, 2019 - Springer
Nemaline myopathies are a heterogenous group of congenital myopathies caused by de
novo, dominantly or recessively inherited mutations in at least twelve genes. The genes …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in nemaline myopathy

J Laitila, C Wallgren-Pettersson - Neuromuscular Disorders, 2021 - Elsevier
The nemaline myopathies constitute a large proportion of the congenital or structural
myopathies. Common to all patients is muscle weakness and the presence in the muscle …

Artificial intelligence enables comprehensive genome interpretation and nomination of candidate diagnoses for rare genetic diseases

FM De La Vega, S Chowdhury, B Moore, E Frise… - Genome Medicine, 2021 - Springer
Background Clinical interpretation of genetic variants in the context of the patient's
phenotype is becoming the largest component of cost and time expenditure for genome …

A review of core myopathy: central core disease, multiminicore disease, dusty core disease, and core-rod myopathy

M Ogasawara, I Nishino - Neuromuscular Disorders, 2021 - Elsevier
Core myopathies are clinically, pathologically, and genetically heterogeneous muscle
diseases. Their onset and clinical severity are variable. Core myopathies are diagnosed by …

Troponin variants in congenital myopathies: how they affect skeletal muscle mechanics

M van de Locht, TC Borsboom, JM Winter… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The troponin complex is a key regulator of muscle contraction. Multiple variants in skeletal
troponin encoding genes result in congenital myopathies. TNNC2 has been implicated in a …

TNNT1 nemaline myopathy: natural history and therapeutic frontier

MD Fox, VJ Carson, HZ Feng, MW Lawlor… - Human Molecular …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
We describe the natural history of 'Amish'nemaline myopathy (ANM), an infantile-onset,
lethal disease linked to a pathogenic c. 505G> T nonsense mutation of TNNT1, which …

Novel Recessive TNNT1 Congenital Core‐Rod Myopathy in French Canadians

D Pellerin, A Aykanat, B Ellezam… - Annals of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Recessive null variants of the slow skeletal muscle troponin T1 (TNNT1) gene are
a rare cause of nemaline myopathy that is fatal in infancy due to respiratory insufficiency …

Novel TNNT1 mutation and mild nemaline myopathy phenotype in an Italian patient

A Petrucci, G Primiano, M Savarese, C Sancricca… - Neuromuscular …, 2021 - Elsevier
Mutations in the TNNT1 gene cause an infantile, lethal form of myopathy named “Amish”
Nemaline Myopathy. Adult patients are very rarely described. We report a 49-year-old …

Clinical phenotype and loss of the slow skeletal muscle troponin T in three new patients with recessive TNNT1 nemaline myopathy

J Géraud, K Dieterich, J Rendu, EU Coste… - Journal of Medical …, 2021 - jmg.bmj.com
Background Congenital nemaline myopathies are rare pathologies characterised by muscle
weakness and rod-shaped inclusions in the muscle fibres. Methods Using next-generation …

Troponin-T type 1 (TNNT1)-related nemaline myopathy: unique respiratory phenotype and muscle pathology findings

AA Zambon, F Abel, B Linnane, D O'Rourke… - Neuromuscular …, 2022 - Elsevier
Biallelic pathogenic variants in the troponin T type 1 (TNNT1) gene cause a severe form of
congenital nemaline myopathy. Typical features include severe motor delay, proximal …