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Characterization of adiposity and metabolism in Lmna-deficient mice.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 1 Mar 2002
Cutler Dedra A, Sullivan Teresa, Marcus-Samuels Bernice, Stewart Colin L, Reitman Marc L
Abstract excerpt
Dunnigan's Familial Partial Lipodystrophy (FPLD) is an autosomal dominant disease characterized by regional fat loss and insulin resistance. FPLD is caused by mutations in the LMNA gene, which encodes intermediate filaments of the nuclear lamina. Different LMNA mutations cause Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy and/or a dilated cardiomyopathy. It is not known how LMNA mutations cause any of the disease phenotypes....
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