Congenital myopathies: disorders of excitation–contraction coupling and muscle contraction

H Jungbluth, S Treves, F Zorzato, A Sarkozy… - Nature Reviews …, 2018 - nature.com
The congenital myopathies are a group of early-onset, non-dystrophic neuromuscular
conditions with characteristic muscle biopsy findings, variable severity and a stable or slowly …

Membrane curvature and its generation by BAR proteins

C Mim, VM Unger - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2012 - cell.com
Membranes are flexible barriers that surround the cell and its compartments. To execute vital
functions such as locomotion or receptor turnover, cells need to control the shapes of their …

The Alzheimer's disease mitochondrial cascade hypothesis: A current overview

RH Swerdlow - Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 2023 - content.iospress.com
Viable Alzheimer's disease (AD) hypotheses must account for its age-dependence;
commonality; association with amyloid precursor protein, tau, and apolipoprotein E biology; …

Misregulated alternative splicing of BIN1 is associated with T tubule alterations and muscle weakness in myotonic dystrophy

C Fugier, AF Klein, C Hammer, S Vassilopoulos… - Nature medicine, 2011 - nature.com
Myotonic dystrophy is the most common muscular dystrophy in adults and the first
recognized example of an RNA-mediated disease. Congenital myotonic dystrophy (CDM1) …

Congenital myopathies: clinical phenotypes and new diagnostic tools

D Cassandrini, R Trovato, A Rubegni, S Lenzi… - Italian journal of …, 2017 - Springer
Congenital myopathies are a group of genetic muscle disorders characterized clinically by
hypotonia and weakness, usually from birth, and a static or slowly progressive clinical …

Amphiphysin 2 (BIN1) in physiology and diseases

I Prokic, BS Cowling, J Laporte - Journal of molecular medicine, 2014 - Springer
Amphiphysin 2, also named bridging integrator-1 (BIN1) or SH3P9, has been recently
implicated in rare and common diseases affecting different tissues and physiological …

T-tubule biogenesis and triad formation in skeletal muscle and implication in human diseases

L Al-Qusairi, J Laporte - Skeletal muscle, 2011 - Springer
In skeletal muscle, the excitation-contraction (EC) coupling machinery mediates the
translation of the action potential transmitted by the nerve into intracellular calcium release …

Reducing dynamin 2 expression rescues X-linked centronuclear myopathy

BS Cowling, T Chevremont, I Prokic… - The Journal of …, 2014 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Centronuclear myopathies (CNM) are congenital disorders associated with muscle
weakness and abnormally located nuclei in skeletal muscle. An autosomal dominant form of …

Modeling membrane curvature generation due to membrane–protein interactions

H Alimohamadi, P Rangamani - Biomolecules, 2018 - mdpi.com
To alter and adjust the shape of the plasma membrane, cells harness various mechanisms
of curvature generation. Many of these curvature generation mechanisms rely on the …

Common pathogenic mechanisms in centronuclear and myotubular myopathies and latest treatment advances

R Gómez-Oca, BS Cowling, J Laporte - International journal of molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Centronuclear myopathies (CNM) are rare congenital disorders characterized by muscle
weakness and structural defects including fiber hypotrophy and organelle mispositioning …