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Inactivating the lipid kinase activity of PI3KC2β is sufficient to rescue myotubular myopathy in mice.
JCI insight - 8 May 2023
Massana-Muñoz Xènia, Goret Marie, Nattarayan Vasugi, Reiss David, Kretz Christine, Chicanne Gaetan, Payrastre Bernard, Vanhaesebroeck Bart, Laporte Jocelyn
Abstract excerpt
Phosphoinositides (PIs) are membrane lipids that regulate signal transduction and vesicular trafficking. X-linked centronuclear myopathy (XLCNM), also called myotubular myopathy, results from loss-of-function mutations in the MTM1 gene, which encodes the myotubularin phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate (PtdIns3P) lipid phosphatase. No therapy for this disease is currently available. Previous studies showed that loss...
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