Esmat Karimi, Jochen Gohlke, Mila van der Borgh, Johan Lindqvist, Zaynab Hourani, Justin Kolb, Stacy Cossette, Michael W Lawlor, Coen Ottenheijm, Henk Granzier
Nebulin, a critical protein of the skeletal muscle thin filament, plays important roles in physiological processes such as regulating thin filament length (TFL), cross-bridge cycling, and myofibril alignment. Pathogenic variants in the nebulin gene (NEB) cause NEB-based nemaline myopathy (NEM2), a genetically heterogeneous disorder characterized by hypotonia and muscle weakness, currently lacking curative therapies. In this study, we examined a cohort of ten NEM2 patients, each with unique pathogenic variants, aiming to understand their impact on mRNA, protein, and functional levels...
April 18, 2024: Acta Neuropathologica