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Nuclear envelope-related lipodystrophies.
Seminars in cell & developmental biology - 1 May 2014
Guénantin A C, Briand N, Bidault G, Afonso P, Béréziat V, Vatier C, Lascols O, Caron-Debarle M, Capeau J, Vigouroux C
Abstract excerpt
Several alterations in nuclear envelope proteins building up the lamina meshwork beneath the inner nuclear membrane (mutations in lamins A/C, alterations of prelamin-A maturation, lamin B mutations or deregulation) have been shown to be responsible for or associated to human lipodystrophic syndromes. Lipodystrophic syndromes are rare and heterogeneous diseases, either genetic or acquired, characterized by...
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