Article
Variable reduction of caveolin-3 in patients with LGMD2B/MM.
Journal of neurology - 1 Dec 2003
Walter Maggie C, Braun Christian, Vorgerd Matthias, Poppe Maja, Thirion Christian, Schmidt Carolin, Schreiber Herbert, Knirsch Ursula I, Brummer Dagmar, Müller-Felber Wolfgang, Pongratz Dieter, Müller-Höcker Josef, Huebner Angela, Lochmüller Hanns
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in the human dysferlin gene ( DYSF) cause autosomal recessive muscular dystrophies characterized by degeneration and weakness of proximal and/or distal muscles: limb girdle muscular dystrophy type 2B (LGMD2B) and Miyoshi myopathy (MM). Recently, an interaction between caveolin-3 and dysferlin in normal and dystrophic muscle (primary caveolin-3 deficiency; LGMD1C) was shown. In this study,...
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