05.08.2023 | Correspondence
Decreased dystrophin expression and elevated dystrophin-targeting miRNAs in anti-HMGCR immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy
verfasst von:
Maude B. Marmen, Zakaria Orfi, Junio Dort, Jean-Philippe Proulx-Gauthier, Nicolas Chrestian, Nicolas A. Dumont, Benjamin Ellezam
Erschienen in:
Acta Neuropathologica
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Ausgabe 4/2023
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Excerpt
In children, anti-3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase (anti-HMGCR) immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy (IMNM) is rare and the disease often has a chronic course with weakness mimicking limb-girdle muscular dystrophy [
8]. Muscle biopsy may show features similar to hereditary muscular dystrophy, but to our knowledge, abnormal expression of dystrophin has not been reported. …