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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-8-25
pubmed:abstractText
X-linked dilated cardiomyopathy (XLDC) represents a well known genetic disease, allelic to Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophies and caused by dystrophin gene mutations. XLDC is a rare disease and only few families have been fully characterised. In several of them, the dystrophin mutations show a different pattern of expression in cardiac compared to skeletal muscle. In the families with the most severe cardiac phenotype, the cardiac muscle is usually unable to produce dystrophin, due to a specific effect that the mutation(s) have on the gene transcription in this tissue. The skeletal muscle escapes the dystrophic changes by maintaining dystrophin synthesis via exon skipping or alternative splicing that the heart is not able to put in place. In this paper we have reviewed the families with X-linked dilated cardiomyopathy reported so far; in addition we provided novel transcription data on two families we previously described. The aim of this review is to attempt a genotype-phenotype correlation and speculate on common pathogenic mechanisms underlying this disease.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0960-8966
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
9
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
339-46
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10407857-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:10407857-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:10407857-Cardiomyopathy, Dilated, pubmed-meshheading:10407857-Child, pubmed-meshheading:10407857-Cytoskeletal Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10407857-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:10407857-Dystrophin, pubmed-meshheading:10407857-Family Health, pubmed-meshheading:10407857-Female, pubmed-meshheading:10407857-Genetic Linkage, pubmed-meshheading:10407857-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:10407857-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:10407857-Laminin, pubmed-meshheading:10407857-Male, pubmed-meshheading:10407857-Membrane Glycoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:10407857-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10407857-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:10407857-Muscle, Skeletal, pubmed-meshheading:10407857-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:10407857-Myocardium, pubmed-meshheading:10407857-Protein Isoforms, pubmed-meshheading:10407857-Sarcoglycans, pubmed-meshheading:10407857-Sarcolemma, pubmed-meshheading:10407857-Utrophin, pubmed-meshheading:10407857-X Chromosome
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
X-linked dilated cardiomyopathy and the dystrophin gene.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Paediatrics and Neonatal Medicine, Imperial College of Medicine, London, UK. aferlini@rpms.ac.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't