A mutation update for the FLNC gene in myopathies and cardiomyopathies

JAJ Verdonschot, EK Vanhoutte, GRF Claes… - Human …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Filamin C (FLNC) variants are associated with cardiac and muscular phenotypes. Originally,
FLNC variants were described in myofibrillar myopathy (MFM) patients. Later, high …

Cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying muscular dystrophy

F Rahimov, LM Kunkel - Journal of Cell Biology, 2013 - rupress.org
The muscular dystrophies are a group of heterogeneous genetic diseases characterized by
progressive degeneration and weakness of skeletal muscle. Since the discovery of the first …

Truncating FLNC Mutations Are Associated With High-Risk Dilated and Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathies

MF Ortiz-Genga, S Cuenca, M Dal Ferro, E Zorio… - Journal of the American …, 2016 - jacc.org
Background: Filamin C (encoded by the FLNC gene) is essential for sarcomere attachment
to the plasmatic membrane. FLNC mutations have been associated with myofibrillar …

Mutations in FLNC are Associated with Familial Restrictive Cardiomyopathy

A Brodehl, RA Ferrier, SJ Hamilton… - Human …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Individuals affected by restrictive cardiomyopathy (RCM) often develop heart failure at young
ages resulting in early heart transplantation. Familial forms are mainly caused by mutations …

[KIRJA][B] Greenfield's Neuropathology-Two Volume Set

S Love, A Perry, J Ironside, H Budka - 2018 - books.google.com
Greenfield's Neuropathology, the world's leading neuropathology reference, provides a
comprehensive account of the pathological findings in neurological disease, their biological …

Filamins in mechanosensing and signaling

Z Razinia, T Mäkelä, J Ylänne… - Annual review of …, 2012 - annualreviews.org
Filamins are essential, evolutionarily conserved, modular, multidomain, actin-binding
proteins that organize the actin cytoskeleton and maintain extracellular matrix connections …

Structure and function of filamin C in the muscle Z-disc

Z Mao, F Nakamura - International journal of molecular sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Filamin C (FLNC) is one of three filamin proteins (Filamin A (FLNA), Filamin B (FLNB), and
FLNC) that cross-link actin filaments and interact with numerous binding partners. FLNC …

Loss of ALS-associated TDP-43 in zebrafish causes muscle degeneration, vascular dysfunction, and reduced motor neuron axon outgrowth

B Schmid, A Hruscha, S Hogl… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - pnas.org
Mutations in the Tar DNA binding protein of 43 kDa (TDP-43; TARDBP) are associated with
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal lobar degeneration with TDP-43+ …

A population-based epidemiologic study of adult neuromuscular disease in the Republic of Ireland

S Lefter, O Hardiman, AM Ryan - Neurology, 2017 - neurology.org
Objective: To estimate the prevalence rates (PRs) of acquired and inherited neuromuscular
diseases (NMD) in the adult Irish population, reflecting the burden of these conditions in a …

FLNC Gene Splice Mutations Cause Dilated Cardiomyopathy

RL Begay, CA Tharp, A Martin, SL Graw… - JACC: Basic to …, 2016 - jacc.org
A genetic etiology has been identified in 30% to 40% of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM)
patients, yet only 50% of these cases are associated with a known causative gene variant …