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  • Open Access
32 Citations
6,900 Views
24 Pages

Robust Detection of Somatic Mosaicism and Repeat Interruptions by Long-Read Targeted Sequencing in Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1

  • Antoine Mangin,
  • Laure de Pontual,
  • Yu-Chih Tsai,
  • Laetitia Monteil,
  • Mathilde Nizon,
  • Pierre Boisseau,
  • Sandra Mercier,
  • Janet Ziegle,
  • John Harting and
  • Cheryl Heiner
  • + 2 authors

Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is the most complex and variable trinucleotide repeat disorder caused by an unstable CTG repeat expansion, reaching up to 4000 CTG in the most severe cases. The genetic and clinical variability of DM1 depend on the sex...

  • Review
  • Open Access
10 Citations
5,446 Views
16 Pages

Among the trinucleotide repeat disorders, myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is one of the most complex neuromuscular diseases caused by an unstable CTG repeat expansion in the DMPK gene. DM1 patients exhibit high variability in the dynamics of CTG repe...

  • Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,476 Views
25 Pages

10 October 2024

Dynamic mutations in some human genes containing trinucleotide repeats are associated with severe neurodegenerative and neuromuscular disorders—known as Trinucleotide (or Triplet) Repeat Expansion Diseases (TREDs)—which arise when the rep...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,334 Views
14 Pages

In Cis Effect of DMPK Expanded Alleles in Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 Patients Carrying Variant Repeats at 5′ and 3′ Ends of the CTG Array

  • Virginia Veronica Visconti,
  • Elisa Macrì,
  • Maria Rosaria D’Apice,
  • Federica Centofanti,
  • Roberto Massa,
  • Giuseppe Novelli and
  • Annalisa Botta

Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is an autosomal dominant multisystemic disease caused by a CTG repeat expansion in the 3′-untranslated region (UTR) of DMPK gene. DM1 alleles containing non-CTG variant repeats (VRs) have been described, with unc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,081 Views
12 Pages

17 December 2021

Fuchs’ endothelial corneal dystrophy (FECD) is a bilateral disease of the cornea caused by gradual loss of corneal endothelial cells. Late-onset FECD is strongly associated with the CTG18.1 trinucleotide repeat expansion in the Transcription Fa...

  • Brief Report
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,590 Views
9 Pages

The Need for Establishing a Universal CTG Sizing Method in Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1

  • Alfonsina Ballester-Lopez,
  • Ian Linares-Pardo,
  • Emma Koehorst,
  • Judit Núñez-Manchón,
  • Guillem Pintos-Morell,
  • Jaume Coll-Cantí,
  • Miriam Almendrote,
  • Giuseppe Lucente,
  • Andrea Arbex and
  • Jonathan J. Magaña
  • + 7 authors

7 July 2020

The number of cytosine-thymine-guanine (CTG) repeats (‘CTG expansion size’) in the 3′untranslated region (UTR) region of the dystrophia myotonica-protein kinase (DMPK) gene is a hallmark of myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1), which has...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,426 Views
12 Pages

High Resolution Analysis of DMPK Hypermethylation and Repeat Interruptions in Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1

  • Astrid Rasmussen,
  • Mathis Hildonen,
  • John Vissing,
  • Morten Duno,
  • Zeynep Tümer and
  • Ulf Birkedal

28 May 2022

Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is a multisystemic neuromuscular disorder caused by the expansion of a CTG repeat in the 3′-UTR of DMPK, which is transcribed to a toxic gain-of-function RNA that affects splicing of a range of genes. The expande...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,814 Views
5 Pages

Impact of TCF4 Repeat Number on Resolution of Corneal Edema after Descemet’s Stripping Only in Fuchs Dystrophy: A Pilot Study

  • Natasha Spiteri,
  • Nino Hirnschall,
  • Katherine van Bysterveldt,
  • Alec Lin Hou,
  • Gregory Moloney,
  • Matthew Ball and
  • Andrea L. Vincent

9 October 2021

Purpose: To investigate whether Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy (FECD) genotype, specifically transcription factor 4 (TCF4) CTG triplet repeat “load” predicts time to clearance following Descemet’s Stripping Only (DSO). Methods: This prospective,...

  • Review
  • Open Access
33 Citations
8,044 Views
10 Pages

Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is a complex neuromuscular disease caused by an unstable cytosine thymine guanine (CTG) repeat expansion in the DMPK gene. This disease is characterized by high clinical and genetic variability, leading to some difficu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,885 Views
10 Pages

17 August 2022

Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is the most common autosomal-dominant disorder caused by the CTG repeat expansion of the DMPK, and it has been categorized into three phenotypes: mild, classic, and congenital DM1. Here, we reviewed the intergeneration...

  • Review
  • Open Access
29 Citations
7,726 Views
17 Pages

CRISPR/Cas Applications in Myotonic Dystrophy: Expanding Opportunities

  • Renée H.L. Raaijmakers,
  • Lise Ripken,
  • C. Rosanne M. Ausems and
  • Derick G. Wansink

CRISPR/Cas technology holds promise for the development of therapies to treat inherited diseases. Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is a severe neuromuscular disorder with a variable multisystemic character for which no cure is yet available. Here, we...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,715 Views
11 Pages

The Study of the Inheritance Mechanisms of Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 (DM1) in Families from the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania

  • Sofya A. Ionova,
  • Aysylu F. Murtazina,
  • Andrey A. Marakhonov,
  • Olga A. Shchagina,
  • Nina V. Ryadninskaya,
  • Inna S. Tebieva,
  • Vitaly V. Kadyshev,
  • Artem O. Borovikov,
  • Evgeny K. Ginter and
  • Sergey I. Kutsev
  • + 1 author

9 September 2024

Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is a multisystem disorder with progressive myopathy and myotonia. The clinical study was conducted in the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania (RNOA), and in it 39 individuals from 17 unrelated families were identified wit...

  • Review
  • Open Access
22 Citations
3,880 Views
23 Pages

Molecular and Clinical Implications of Variant Repeats in Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1

  • Stojan Peric,
  • Jovan Pesovic,
  • Dusanka Savic-Pavicevic,
  • Vidosava Rakocevic Stojanovic and
  • Giovanni Meola

29 December 2021

Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is one of the most variable monogenic diseases at phenotypic, genetic, and epigenetic level. The disease is multi-systemic with the age at onset ranging from birth to late age. The underlying mutation is an unstable ex...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,643 Views
23 Pages

Recovery in the Myogenic Program of Congenital Myotonic Dystrophy Myoblasts after Excision of the Expanded (CTG)n Repeat

  • Laurène M. André,
  • Remco T.P. van Cruchten,
  • Marieke Willemse,
  • Karel Bezstarosti,
  • Jeroen A.A. Demmers,
  • Ellen L. van Agtmaal,
  • Derick G. Wansink and
  • Bé Wieringa

13 November 2019

The congenital form of myotonic dystrophy type 1 (cDM) is caused by the large-scale expansion of a (CTG•CAG)n repeat in DMPK and DM1-AS. The production of toxic transcripts with long trinucleotide tracts from these genes results in impairment of...

  • Review
  • Open Access
21 Citations
9,966 Views
25 Pages

Molecular Therapies for Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1: From Small Drugs to Gene Editing

  • Mariapaola Izzo,
  • Jonathan Battistini,
  • Claudia Provenzano,
  • Fabio Martelli,
  • Beatrice Cardinali and
  • Germana Falcone

Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is the most common muscular dystrophy affecting many different body tissues, predominantly skeletal and cardiac muscles and the central nervous system. The expansion of CTG repeats in the DM1 protein-kinase (DMPK) gene...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,586 Views
6 Pages

Should Patients with Kearns-Sayre Syndrome and Corneal Endothelial Failure Be Genotyped for a TCF4 Trinucleotide Repeat, Commonly Associated with Fuchs Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy?

  • Lubica Dudakova,
  • Pavlina Skalicka,
  • Alice E. Davidson,
  • Amanda N. Sadan,
  • Monika Chylova,
  • Helena Jahnova,
  • Nicole Anteneova,
  • Marketa Tesarova,
  • Tomas Honzik and
  • Petra Liskova

29 November 2021

The aim of this study was to describe the ocular phenotype in a case with Kearns-Sayre syndrome (KSS) spectrum and to determine if corneal endothelial cell dysfunction could be attributed to other known distinct genetic causes. Herein, genomic DNA wa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
188 Views
17 Pages

Elevated Levels of Active GSK3β in the Blood of Patients with Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 Correlate with Muscle Weakness

  • Katherine Jennings,
  • Cuixia Tian,
  • Rebeccah L. Brown,
  • Paul S. Horn,
  • Benedikt Schoser,
  • Hani Kushlaf,
  • Nikolai A. Timchenko and
  • Lubov Timchenko

5 November 2025

Myotonic Dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is a complex disease affecting multiple tissues, including skeletal and cardiac muscles, the brain and the eyes. DM1 results from an expansion of CTG repeats in the 3′ UTR of the DMPK gene. Previously, we describ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
282 Views
17 Pages

HSALR Mice Exhibit Co-Expression of Proteostasis Genes Prior to Development of Muscle Weakness

  • Dusan M. Lazic,
  • Vladimir M. Jovanovic,
  • Jelena Karanovic,
  • Dusanka Savic-Pavicevic and
  • Bogdan Jovanovic

6 November 2025

Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is a progressive multisystemic disease caused by a CTG repeat expansion in the DMPK gene. The toxic mutant mRNA sequesters MBNL proteins, disrupting global RNA metabolism. Although alternative splicing in DM1 skeletal...

  • Review
  • Open Access
92 Citations
14,015 Views
27 Pages

An Overview of Alternative Splicing Defects Implicated in Myotonic Dystrophy Type I

  • Andrea López-Martínez,
  • Patricia Soblechero-Martín,
  • Laura de-la-Puente-Ovejero,
  • Gisela Nogales-Gadea and
  • Virginia Arechavala-Gomeza

22 September 2020

Myotonic dystrophy type I (DM1) is the most common form of adult muscular dystrophy, caused by expansion of a CTG triplet repeat in the 3′ untranslated region (3′UTR) of the myotonic dystrophy protein kinase (DMPK) gene. The pathological...

  • Review
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,559 Views
17 Pages

10 September 2022

Myotonic Dystrophies type 1 (DM1) and type 2 (DM2) are complex multisystem diseases without disease-based therapies. These disorders are caused by the expansions of unstable CTG (DM1) and CCTG (DM2) repeats outside of the coding regions of the diseas...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,239 Views
13 Pages

13 August 2020

Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is an autosomal dominant multisystem disorder mainly characterized by gradual muscle loss, weakness, and delayed relaxation after muscle contraction. It is caused by an expanded CTG repeat in the 3′ UTR of DMPK,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,274 Views
21 Pages

An Integrative Analysis of DNA Methylation Pattern in Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 Samples Reveals a Distinct DNA Methylation Profile between Tissues and a Novel Muscle-Associated Epigenetic Dysregulation

  • Emma Koehorst,
  • Renato Odria,
  • Júlia Capó,
  • Judit Núñez-Manchón,
  • Andrea Arbex,
  • Miriam Almendrote,
  • Ian Linares-Pardo,
  • Daniel Natera-de Benito,
  • Verónica Saez and
  • Andrés Nascimento
  • + 10 authors

Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is a progressive, non-treatable, multi-systemic disorder. To investigate the contribution of epigenetics to the complexity of DM1, we compared DNA methylation profiles of four annotated CpG islands (CpGis) in the DMPK...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,648 Views
15 Pages

Transcriptome Analysis in a Primary Human Muscle Cell Differentiation Model for Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1

  • Vanessa Todorow,
  • Stefan Hintze,
  • Alastair R. W. Kerr,
  • Andreas Hehr,
  • Benedikt Schoser and
  • Peter Meinke

10 August 2021

Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is caused by CTG-repeat expansions leading to a complex pathology with a multisystemic phenotype that primarily affects the muscles and brain. Despite a multitude of information, especially on the alternative splicing...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,708 Views
22 Pages

Natural Compound Boldine Lessens Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 Phenotypes in DM1 Drosophila Models, Patient-Derived Cell Lines, and HSALR Mice

  • Mari Carmen Álvarez-Abril,
  • Irma García-Alcover,
  • Jordi Colonques-Bellmunt,
  • Raquel Garijo,
  • Manuel Pérez-Alonso,
  • Rubén Artero and
  • Arturo López-Castel

Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is a complex rare disorder characterized by progressive muscle dysfunction, involving weakness, myotonia, and wasting, but also exhibiting additional clinical signs in multiple organs and systems. Central dysregulation...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,424 Views
24 Pages

Vorinostat Improves Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 Splicing Abnormalities in DM1 Muscle Cell Lines and Skeletal Muscle from a DM1 Mouse Model

  • Nafisa Neault,
  • Aymeric Ravel-Chapuis,
  • Stephen D. Baird,
  • John A. Lunde,
  • Mathieu Poirier,
  • Emiliyan Staykov,
  • Julio Plaza-Diaz,
  • Gerardo Medina,
  • Francisco Abadía-Molina and
  • Bernard J. Jasmin
  • + 1 author

14 February 2023

Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1), the most common form of adult muscular dystrophy, is caused by an abnormal expansion of CTG repeats in the 3′ untranslated region of the dystrophia myotonica protein kinase (DMPK) gene. The expanded repeats of t...

  • Review
  • Open Access
15 Citations
5,093 Views
18 Pages

Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is a complex genetic disease affecting many tissues. DM1 is caused by an expansion of CTG repeats in the 3′-UTR of the DMPK gene. The mechanistic studies of DM1 suggested that DMPK mRNA, containing expanded CUG r...

  • Review
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,213 Views
18 Pages

Pluripotent Stem Cells in Disease Modeling and Drug Discovery for Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1

  • Noémie Bérenger-Currias,
  • Cécile Martinat and
  • Sandrine Baghdoyan

10 February 2023

Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is a progressive multisystemic disease caused by the expansion of a CTG repeat tract within the 3′ untranslated region (3′ UTR) of the dystrophia myotonica protein kinase gene (DMPK). Although DM1 is consid...

  • Review
  • Open Access
15 Citations
6,627 Views
18 Pages

Epigenetics of Myotonic Dystrophies: A Minireview

  • Virginia Veronica Visconti,
  • Federica Centofanti,
  • Simona Fittipaldi,
  • Elisa Macrì,
  • Giuseppe Novelli and
  • Annalisa Botta

22 November 2021

Myotonic dystrophy type 1 and 2 (DM1 and DM2) are two multisystemic autosomal dominant disorders with clinical and genetic similarities. The prevailing paradigm for DMs is that they are mediated by an in trans toxic RNA mechanism, triggered by untran...

  • Review
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,467 Views
14 Pages

Cancer and Myotonic Dystrophy

  • Eleonora S. D’Ambrosio and
  • Paloma Gonzalez-Perez

1 March 2023

Myotonic dystrophy (DM) is the most common muscular dystrophy in adults. Dominantly inherited CTG and CCTG repeat expansions in DMPK and CNBP genes cause DM type 1 (DM1) and 2 (DM2), respectively. These genetic defects lead to the abnormal splicing o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,924 Views
22 Pages

Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Altered Inflammatory Pathway in an Inducible Glial Cell Model of Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1

  • Cuauhtli N. Azotla-Vilchis,
  • Daniel Sanchez-Celis,
  • Luis E. Agonizantes-Juárez,
  • Rocío Suárez-Sánchez,
  • J. Manuel Hernández-Hernández,
  • Jorge Peña,
  • Karla Vázquez-Santillán,
  • Norberto Leyva-García,
  • Arturo Ortega and
  • Vilma Maldonado
  • + 4 authors

26 January 2021

Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1), the most frequent inherited muscular dystrophy in adults, is caused by the CTG repeat expansion in the 3′UTR of the DMPK gene. Mutant DMPK RNA accumulates in nuclear foci altering diverse cellular functions incl...

  • Review
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,589 Views
10 Pages

22 January 2023

Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1), commonly known as Steinert’s disease (OMIM #160900), is the most common muscular dystrophy among adults, caused by an unstable expansion of a CTG trinucleotide repeat in the 3′ untranslated region (UTR) of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,147 Views
19 Pages

Delay of EGF-Stimulated EGFR Degradation in Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 (DM1)

  • Eva Alegre-Cortés,
  • Alberto Giménez-Bejarano,
  • Elisabet Uribe-Carretero,
  • Marta Paredes-Barquero,
  • André R. A. Marques,
  • Mafalda Lopes-da-Silva,
  • Otília V. Vieira,
  • Saray Canales-Cortés,
  • Pedro J. Camello and
  • Guadalupe Martínez-Chacón
  • + 8 authors

27 September 2022

Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is an autosomal dominant disease caused by a CTG repeat expansion in the 3′ untranslated region of the dystrophia myotonica protein kinase gene. AKT dephosphorylation and autophagy are associated with DM1. Autoph...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,325 Views
32 Pages

Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is an autosomal dominant hereditary disease caused by abnormal expansion of unstable CTG repeats in the 3′ untranslated region of the myotonic dystrophy protein kinase (DMPK) gene. This disease mainly affects ske...