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Preliminary Findings on CTG Expansion Determination in Different Tissues from Patients with Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1.

Alfonsina Ballester-Lopez, Emma Koehorst, Ian Linares-Pardo, Judit Núñez-Manchón, Miriam Almendrote, Giuseppe Lucente, Andrea Arbex, Carles Puente, Alejandro Lucia, Darren G Monckton and 6 more

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Article in Genes, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Molecular Pathology of Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 in Iceland.Molecular genetics & genomic medicine · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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16 authors.

Alfonsina Ballester-LopezNeuromuscular and Neuropediatric Research Group, Institut d'Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol, Campus Can Ruti, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08916 Badalona, Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-8922-1664
Emma KoehorstNeuromuscular and Neuropediatric Research Group, Institut d'Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol, Campus Can Ruti, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08916 Badalona, Barcelona, Spain.
Ian Linares-PardoNeuromuscular and Neuropediatric Research Group, Institut d'Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol, Campus Can Ruti, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08916 Badalona, Barcelona, Spain.
Judit Núñez-ManchónNeuromuscular and Neuropediatric Research Group, Institut d'Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol, Campus Can Ruti, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08916 Badalona, Barcelona, Spain.
Miriam AlmendroteNeuromuscular Pathology Unit, Neurology Service, Neuroscience department, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, 08916 Badalona, Barcelona, Spain.
Giuseppe LucenteNeuromuscular Pathology Unit, Neurology Service, Neuroscience department, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, 08916 Badalona, Barcelona, Spain.
Andrea ArbexNeuromuscular Pathology Unit, Neurology Service, Neuroscience department, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, 08916 Badalona, Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-3741-4755
Carles PuenteServei de Cirugia Ortopèdica i Traumatologia, Unitat de mà i nervi Perifèric, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, 08916 Badalona, Spain.
Alejandro LuciaFacultad de Ciencias de la Actividad física y el Deporte, Universidad Europea, 28670 Madrid, Spain.
Darren G MoncktonInstitute of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G126QQ, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-8298-8264
Sarah A CummingInstitute of Molecular, Cell and Systems Biology, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G126QQ, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-0201-3660
Guillem Pintos-MorellCentre for Biomedical Network Research on Rare Diseases (CIBERER), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-9347-2386
Jaume Coll-CantíNeuromuscular Pathology Unit, Neurology Service, Neuroscience department, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, 08916 Badalona, Barcelona, Spain.
Alba Ramos-FransiNeuromuscular Pathology Unit, Neurology Service, Neuroscience department, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, 08916 Badalona, Barcelona, Spain.
Alicia Martínez-PiñeiroNeuromuscular Pathology Unit, Neurology Service, Neuroscience department, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, 08916 Badalona, Barcelona, Spain.
Gisela Nogales-GadeaNeuromuscular and Neuropediatric Research Group, Institut d'Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol, Campus Can Ruti, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08916 Badalona, Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-7414-212X

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Myotonic Dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is characterized by a high genetic and clinical variability. Determination of the genetic variability in DM1 might help to determine whether there is an association between CTG (Cytosine-Thymine-Guanine) expansion and the clinical manifestations of this condition. We studied the variability of the CTG expansion (progenitor, mode, and longest allele, respectively, and genetic instability) in three tissues (blood, muscle, and tissue) from eight patients with DM1. We also studied the association of genetic data with the patients' clinical characteristics. Although genetic instability was confirmed in all the tissues that we studied, our results suggest that CTG expansion is larger in muscle and skin cells compared with peripheral blood leukocytes. While keeping in mind that more research is needed in larger cohorts, we have provided preliminary evidence suggesting that the estimated progenitor CTG size in muscle could be potentially used as an indicator of age of disease onset and muscle function impairment.

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AdolescentAdultAllelesBloodCytosineFemaleGenetic VariationGuanineHumansMaleMiddle AgedMuscle, SkeletalMyotonic DystrophyProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesSkinThymineCytosineGuanineProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesThyminebloodCTG expansionmusclemyotonic dystrophy type 1skinsomatic instability

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PMID33171734
PMCPMC7695006

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