Article
Sarcolemmopathy: muscular dystrophies with cell membrane defects.
Brain pathology (Zurich, Switzerland) - 1 Apr 2001
Ozawa E, Nishino I, Nonaka I
Abstract excerpt
In this article, we review the molecular pathology of muscular dystrophies caused by defects of proteins located within or near cell membranes. These disorders include Bethlem myopathy, merosinopathy, dystrophinopathy, sarcoglycanopathies, integrinopathy, dysferlinopathy and caveolinopathy. We refer to these diseases collectively as sarcolemmopathy. Here, we describe the biological functions of these proteins in...
Topics
- Cell Membrane
- Cytoskeletal Proteins
- Dystrophin
- Humans
- Laminin
- Membrane Glycoproteins
- Muscle Fibers, Skeletal
- Muscle Proteins
- Muscle, Skeletal
- Muscular Dystrophies
- Mutation
- Sarcolemma