UMass Chan Medical School Faculty Publications
UMMS Affiliation
Department of Neurology; Wellstone Center for FSHD
Publication Date
2022-01-17
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Cellular and Molecular Physiology | Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities | Musculoskeletal Diseases | Musculoskeletal, Neural, and Ocular Physiology | Nervous System Diseases
Abstract
Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is the second most common genetic myopathy, characterized by slowly progressing and highly heterogeneous muscle wasting with a typical onset in the late teens/early adulthood [1]. Although the etiology of the disease for both FSHD type 1 and type 2 has been attributed to gain-of-toxic function stemming from aberrant DUX4 expression, the exact pathogenic mechanisms involved in muscle wasting have yet to be elucidated [2-4]. The 2021 FSHD International Research Congress, held virtually on June 24-25, convened over 350 researchers and clinicians to share the most recent advances in the understanding of the disease mechanism, discuss the proliferation of interventional strategies and refinement of clinical outcome measures, including results from the ReDUX4 trial, a phase 2b clinical trial of losmapimod in FSHD [NCT04003974].
Keywords
Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy, FSHD
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DOI of Published Version
10.1186/s13395-022-00287-8
Source
Jagannathan S, de Greef JC, Hayward LJ, Yokomori K, Gabellini D, Mul K, Sacconi S, Arjomand J, Kinoshita J, Harper SQ. Meeting report: the 2021 FSHD International Research Congress. Skelet Muscle. 2022 Jan 17;12(1):1. doi: 10.1186/s13395-022-00287-8. PMID: 35039091; PMCID: PMC8762812. Link to article on publisher's site
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Journal/Book/Conference Title
Skeletal muscle
PubMed ID
35039091
Repository Citation
Jagannathan S, de Greef JC, Hayward LJ, Yokomori K, Gabellini D, Mul K, Sacconi S, Arjomand J, Kinoshita J, Harper SQ. (2022). Meeting report: the 2021 FSHD International Research Congress. UMass Chan Medical School Faculty Publications. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13395-022-00287-8. Retrieved from https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/faculty_pubs/2205
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