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VCP disease associated with myopathy, Paget disease of bone and frontotemporal dementia: review of a unique disorder.
Biochimica et biophysica acta - 1 Dec 2008
Kimonis Virginia E, Fulchiero Erin, Vesa Jouni, Watts Giles
Abstract excerpt
Inclusion body myopathy (IBM) associated with Paget disease of the bone (PDB) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) (now called IBMPFD), is a progressive autosomal dominant disorder that was recently identified as being caused by mutations in the VCP (p97 or CDC48) gene which plays a key role in the ubiquitin-proteasome dependent degradation of cytosolic proteins and in the retro translocation of misfolded proteins...
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