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β-Catenin is central to DUX4-driven network rewiring in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy.
Journal of the Royal Society, Interface - 6 Jan 2015
Banerji Christopher R S, Knopp Paul, Moyle Louise A, Severini Simone, Orrell Richard W, Teschendorff Andrew E, Zammit Peter S
Abstract excerpt
Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is an incurable disease, characterized by skeletal muscle weakness and wasting. Genetically, FSHD is characterized by contraction or hypomethylation of repeat D4Z4 units on chromosome 4, which causes aberrant expression of the transcription factor DUX4 from the last repeat. Many genes have been implicated in FSHD pathophysiology, but an integrated molecular model is...
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