Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy (X-Linked Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy)
203
relevant articles (2 outcomes,
6 trials/studies)
found for this Disease
Description:
A heterogenous group of inherited muscular dystrophy without the involvement of nervous system. The disease is characterized by MUSCULAR ATROPHY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; CONTRACTURE of the elbows; ACHILLES TENDON; and posterior cervical muscles; with or without cardiac features. There are several INHERITANCE PATTERNS including X-linked (X CHROMOSOME), autosomal dominant, and autosomal recessive gene mutations.
Also Known As:
X-Linked Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy; Scapuloperoneal Muscular Dystrophy; Muscular Dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss; Autosomal Dominant Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy; Autosomal Recessive Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy; Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy 2; Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy, Autosomal Recessive; Emery-Dreifuss Type Muscular Dystrophy; Hauptmann-Thannhauser Muscular Dystrophy; Muscular Dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss Type; Muscular Dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss, Autosomal Dominant; Muscular Dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss, Autosomal Recessive; Muscular Dystrophy, Scapuloperoneal; Scapuloilioperoneal Atrophy with Cardiopathy; Scapuloperoneal Syndrome, X-Linked; Autosomal Dominant Emery Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy; Autosomal Recessive Emery Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy; Emery Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy 2; Emery Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy, Autosomal Recessive; Emery Dreifuss Syndrome; Hauptmann Thannhauser Muscular Dystrophy; Muscular Dystrophy, Emery Dreifuss; Scapuloperoneal Syndrome, X Linked; X Linked Emery Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy; X-Linked Scapuloperoneal Syndrome; Emery-Dreifuss Syndrome; Muscular Dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss, X-Linked
Relationship Network
Disease Context: Research Results
Related Diseases
Experts
| 1. | Bonne, G:
4 articles
(03/2005 - 08/2000)
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| 2. | Courvalin, Jean-Claude:
3 articles
(04/2008 - 01/2003)
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| 3. | Favreau, Catherine:
3 articles
(04/2008 - 01/2003)
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| 4. | Buendia, Brigitte:
3 articles
(04/2008 - 01/2003)
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| 5. | Ellis, Juliet A:
3 articles
(10/2006 - 01/2002)
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| 6. | Wehnert, Manfred:
3 articles
(06/2006 - 12/2002)
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| 7. | Brown, Susan C:
2 articles
(04/2007 - 09/2005)
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| 8. | Hausmanowa-Petrusewicz, I:
2 articles
(10/2006 - 09/2003)
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| 9. | Niebroj-Dobosz, I:
2 articles
(10/2006 - 09/2003)
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| 10. | Kendrick-Jones, John:
2 articles
(10/2006 - 01/2002)
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Drugs and Biologics
Drugs and Important Biological Agents (IBA) related to Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy:
| 1. | Lamin Type A (Lamin A)IBA
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| 2. | 1-Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase (PI 3 Kinase)IBA
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| 3. | DystrophinIBA
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| 4. | emerinIBA
06/01/1999
- " Confocal immunofluorescence microscopy studies of the intracellular targeting of truncated forms of emerin, some of which are found in patients with Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy, show that the nucleoplasmic, amino-terminal domain is necessary and sufficient for nuclear retention. " 11/01/2009
- " NET25 and MAN1 share an approximately 40-residue LEM homology domain with emerin, the protein mutated in X-linked Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy. " 10/15/2009
- " X-linked recessive Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EDMD) is caused by loss of emerin, a nuclear-membrane protein with roles in nuclear architecture, gene regulation and signaling. " 02/01/2009
- " Bclaf1 has also recently been identified as a binding partner for Emerin, a nuclear membrane protein that is mutated in X-linked recessive Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy. " 06/01/2008
- " Furthermore, emerin, the protein involved in the X-linked form of Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EDMD), was unevenly distributed along the nuclear envelope in mutant fibroblasts, often forming aggregates in the deformed nuclear envelope areas. "
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| 5. | DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid)IBA
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| 6. | LaminsIBA
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| 7. | CollagenIBA
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| 8. | Proteins (Proteins, Gene)IBA
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| 9. | Nuclear Proteins (Protein, Nuclear)IBA
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| 10. | lamin CIBA
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Therapies and Procedures