Published 2018
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Publication
Expanding the histopathological spectrum of CFL2-related myopathies
Description
Congenital myopathies (CMs) caused by mutation in cofilin-2 gene (CFL2) show phenotypic heterogeneity ranging from early-onset and rapid progressive forms to milder myopathy. Muscle histology is also heterogeneous showing rods and/or myofibrillar changes. Here, we report on three new cases, from two unrelated families, of severe CM related to novel homozygous or compound heterozygous loss-of-function mutations in CFL2. Peculiar histopathological changes showed nemaline bodies and thin filaments accumulations together to myofibrillar changes, which were evocative of the muscle findings observed in Cfl2−/− knockout mouse model.
Additional details
- URL
- http://hdl.handle.net/11567/944550
- URN
- urn:oai:iris.unige.it:11567/944550
- Origin repository
- UNIGE