A hereditary diseases that affect mainly the muscle tissue is Laminopathies. These diseases include Emery-Dreifuss Muscular dystrophy, dilated cardiomyopathy, limb-girdle muscular dystrophy and Hutchison-Gilford progeria syndrome. The underlying defect in these diseases is mutation in the genes encoding lamins or lamin-associated proteins. For example, many mutations in the lamin gene LMNA have been associated with different diseases.Lamins are crucial components ...Sunday, 12 May 2013
Laminopathies: Scientists Identified Key Components in the Disease Mechanism
A hereditary diseases that affect mainly the muscle tissue is Laminopathies. These diseases include Emery-Dreifuss Muscular dystrophy, dilated cardiomyopathy, limb-girdle muscular dystrophy and Hutchison-Gilford progeria syndrome. The underlying defect in these diseases is mutation in the genes encoding lamins or lamin-associated proteins. For example, many mutations in the lamin gene LMNA have been associated with different diseases.Lamins are crucial components ...
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