I am studying Laing Distal Myopathy (MPD1), an inherited condition that causes progressive muscle weakness in the extremities and has no cure. MPD1 is caused by mutations in β-myosin, the primary ...
Statin therapy has proven efficacy for reducing the incidence of major adverse clinical events, but when administered in high doses these agents can cause myopathy. A means to identify those at ...
Therapeutic options for patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathies are limited ... that regulates the structure and function of muscle filaments. “C-protein-induced myositis [CIM] is ...
Individual muscles also have different susceptibilities to diseases like muscular dystrophy, muscle myopathies, and rhabdomyosarcoma. Therapies that repair muscle wasting due to aging or disease ...