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The gene encoding adipose triglyceride lipase (PNPLA2) is mutated in neutral lipid storage disease with myopathy.
Nature genetics - 1 Jan 2007
Fischer Judith, Lefèvre Caroline, Morava Eva, Mussini Jean-Marie, Laforêt Pascal, Negre-Salvayre Anne, Lathrop Mark, Salvayre Robert
Abstract excerpt
Neutral lipid storage disease comprises a heterogeneous group of autosomal recessive disorders characterized by systemic accumulation of triglycerides in cytoplasmic droplets. Here we report a neutral lipid storage disease subgroup characterized by mild myopathy, absence of ichthyosis and mutations in both alleles of adipose triglyceride lipase (PNPLA2, also known as ATGL). Three of these mutations are predicted...
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