Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy: the road to targeted therapies

MS Tihaya, K Mul, J Balog, JC de Greef… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Advances in the molecular understanding of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy
(FSHD) have revealed that FSHD results from epigenetic de-repression of the DUX4 gene in …

[HTML][HTML] Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy: update on pathogenesis and future treatments

J Hamel, R Tawil - Neurotherapeutics, 2018 - Elsevier
A reliable model of a disease pathomechanism is the first step to develop targeted treatment.
In facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD), the third most common muscular …

Mutations in DNMT3B modify epigenetic repression of the D4Z4 repeat and the penetrance of facioscapulohumeral dystrophy

ML van den Boogaard, RJLF Lemmers, J Balog… - The American Journal of …, 2016 - cell.com
Facioscapulohumeral dystrophy (FSHD) is associated with somatic chromatin relaxation of
the D4Z4 repeat array and derepression of the D4Z4-encoded DUX4 retrogene coding for a …

Use of whole-exome sequencing for diagnosis of limb-girdle muscular dystrophy: outcomes and lessons learned

R Ghaoui, ST Cooper, M Lek, K Jones, A Corbett… - JAMA …, 2015 - jamanetwork.com
Importance To our knowledge, the efficacy of transferring next-generation sequencing from a
research setting to neuromuscular clinics has never been evaluated. Objective To translate …

Inter-individual differences in CpG methylation at D4Z4 correlate with clinical variability in FSHD1 and FSHD2

RJLF Lemmers, JJ Goeman… - Human molecular …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD: MIM# 158900) is a common myopathy
with marked but largely unexplained clinical inter-and intra-familial variability. It is caused by …

Pathomechanisms and biomarkers in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy: roles of DUX4 and PAX7

CRS Banerji, PS Zammit - EMBO molecular medicine, 2021 - embopress.org
Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is characterised by progressive skeletal
muscle weakness and wasting. FSHD is linked to epigenetic derepression of the …

What's in a name? The clinical features of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy

K Mul, S Lassche, NC Voermans, GW Padberg… - Practical …, 2016 - pn.bmj.com
Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is an inherited and progressive muscle
disorder. Although its name suggests otherwise, it comprises weakness of the facial …

Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy

JM Statland, R Tawil - CONTINUUM: Lifelong Learning in …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Abstract Purpose of Review: This article describes the clinical characteristics, diagnosis,
molecular pathogenesis, and treatment of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) …

Facioscapulohumeral dystrophy: the path to consensus on pathophysiology

R Tawil, SM Van Der Maarel, SJ Tapscott - Skeletal muscle, 2014 - Springer
Although the pathophysiology of facioscapulohumeral dystrophy (FSHD) has been
controversial over the last decades, progress in recent years has led to a model that …

CRISPR/dCas9-mediated transcriptional inhibition ameliorates the epigenetic dysregulation at D4Z4 and represses DUX4-fl in FSH muscular dystrophy

CL Himeda, TI Jones, PL Jones - Molecular Therapy, 2016 - cell.com
Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is one of the most prevalent myopathies,
affecting males and females of all ages. Both forms of the disease are linked by epigenetic …