🇬🇧 UK Mitochondrial Myopathy Diagnosis & Treatment Market sees growing research. Report: www.marketresearchfuture.com/reports/uk-m... #Myopathy #RareDisease
Our next abstract is by Shivashakthi Shivaraman who is researching collagen-VI related myopathies using zebrafish @ensdelyon.bsky.social with Prof Florence Ruggiero. Please contact Shivashakthi if you'd like to know more! linkedin.com/in/shivashakthi-shivaraman-5b971a186
#MSCA_DN #myopathy #colVI
🧬 New blog post!
Tedesco et al., 2025 reveal 3 new HSPB8 mutations linked to MFM13.
Elongated HSPB8 disrupts the CASA complex, impairing proteostasis.
🔗 Read our full summary: buff.ly/cMr4goI
#HSPB8 #MFM13 #RareDisease #Myopathy #Autophagy #CASAcomplex
Studying HSPB8 or the CASA autophagy complex?
Check out our growing MFM13 Library of research papers & case studies!
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#MFM13 #Myopathy #HSPB8
Have you seen the new Gene Set Enrichment Analysis highlighting key biological processes shared between #neuropathy and #myopathy from Laurini et al. in @Brain1878? Check out this paper and Lanfranco Pellesi’s other #PapersoftheWeek picks bit.ly/47tXidL
The exact mechanisms by which #COVID causes #myopathy are still under investigation, but several factors are thought to contribute:
- Direct viral injury: The virus can bind to ACE2 receptors, which are present on skeletal muscle tissue, potentially causing direct damage to muscle fibers.
#Medsky🧪 #IDsky #Autoimmunity #immunosky #Publichealth Several #casereports have documented instances of acute viral induced #myopathy from #postcovid ,highlighting muscle pain, weakness & elevated muscle enzymes as common features.
The 2025 meta-analysis found a small but significant increase in #myopathy (0.6% vs. 0%) but no significant difference in liver enzyme abnormalities (1.0% vs. 1.4%).
Older meta-analyses & systematic reviews also reported no significant increase in ⏫️ liver enzyme levels associated with statin use
In this #LetterToTheEditor, Jonathan De Winter et al. offer that loss-of-function variants in SPTAN1 and SPTBN4 cause early-onset hereditary #myopathy ✉️
🔗 Access it here: physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/...
🧪 What does MFM13 look like?
• Muscle weakness (arms, legs, hands)
• Trouble walking or climbing stairs
• Cramps, fatigue
• In some: breathing problems
🔗 Learn more buff.ly/bToH6HF
#MFM13 #HSPB8 #RareDisease #MuscleWeakness #Myopathy
Resilience Story of Managing Severe Obstructive #Sleep #Apnea With #Hypoventilation Secondary to #SELENON (SEPN1)-Related #Myopathy
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#OSA
🧬 Targeted therapies are reshaping care in inflammatory myopathies, offering fresh hope for patients through biomarker-driven and immune-based approaches.
www.emjreviews.com/en-us/amj/ne...
#AMJNeurology #Autoimmune #Myopathy #PrecisionMedicine
🧬 England Genomics and NHS England offer specialized Distal Myopathy Panel that includes HSPB8, the gene linked to MFM13.
🔎 Search “HSPB8” on their site to explore all available panels and learn more about testing options.
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#HSPB8 #MFM13 #GeneticTesting #Myopathy #DistalMyopathyPanel
🧬 Health in Code (Spain) offers specialized genetic panels for muscle disorders that include HSPB8, the gene linked to MFM13.
🔎 Search “HSPB8” on their site to explore available panels and learn more about testing options. buff.ly/lzcUBB1
#HSPB8 #MFM13 #GeneticTesting #Myopathy #Neuromuscular
🧬 MFM13 is now listed on UniProt as a disease variant linked to mutation in the HSPB8 gene.
Another step toward to better recognition and awareness of this ultra-rare HSPB8-related myopathy.
🔗 See section Disease&Variants on Uniprot
#MFM13 #HSPB8 #Uniprot #Myopathy
🎯 Want to test for #HSPB8 (linked to #MFM13 #myopathy) in US without ordering a full panel? Single gene testing might be the right fit
🔹 PreventionGenetics 🔹 Mayo Clinic 🔹 Invitae 🔹 Fulgent 🔹 GeneDx 🔹 BluePrint Genetics 🔹 Labcorp
Visit their website and search for HSPB8 #GeneticTesting #RareDisease
Research on Selective #Androgen #Receptor Modulator #RAD140 in a rat model reports hypertrophic effects on #plantaris #muscle mass and cross-sectional area, but no additive effect in combination with functional overloading.
doi.org/10.14814/phy...
#Myopathy #MuscleHypertrophy
3/5 EOMs and quadriceps respond remarkably distinctly to mitochondrial stress. Quadriceps activate ISRmt and anabolic pathways; EOMs do not.
#mitochondria #myopathy #stressresponses
🎯 Want to test for HSPB8 (linked to MFM13 myopathy) in #Europe without ordering a full panel? 🧬 Single gene testing might be the right fit.
🔹 Centogene 🔹 BluePrint Genetics 🔹 GeneDx 🔹Amsterdam UMC 🔹Eurofins
Visit their website & search for HSPB8
#HSPB8 #MFM13 #GeneticTesting #Myopathy #RareDisease
🚨 🧬Tedesco et al., 2025 report three new frameshift HSPB8 mutations causing elongated C-terminal ends.
Functional studies confirm toxic HSPB8 aggregation.
Clinical observations show neuromyopathy, respiratory failure, and cardiac symptoms.
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#HSPB8 #Myopathy #frameshift #MFM13
Congrats Dr Mridul Johari on this important study, huge thanks to the many collaborators and the patients and their families. We describe a large cohort of patients with mono- or bi-allergic variants in TUBA4A and myopathies, some presenting at birth. #myopathy #raredisease
I'm really excited to be heading to London at the invitation of #LondonMyologyForum
I'll talk about muscle mechanomics & #FoVE eval in preclinical and clinical trials.
Ongoing projects with D Freyssenet, J Gondin, J Dumonceau, M Bowen and coll.
#myology #myopathy
HSPB8 myopathy researchers:
📢 Coriell now uses updated MFM13 nomenclature for HSPB8 cell lines!
🧬 Cell lines are available to support your work.
#MFM13 #HSPB8 #RareDisease #Myopathy #CureHSPB8
🆕 New article by Bisciglia et al., Disease Trajectories of a Large French Cohort of 142 Congenital Myopathy Patients in Adult Age, provides long-term data on disease progression.
📖 Read now: buff.ly/D9NSLWN
#Neurology #Myopathy #NeuroSky #MedSky
@ean.org @WileyNeuro
Living with a rare health condition like HSPB8 #myopathy can be challenging, but you are not alone. 💙 #CureHSPB8 is here to support patients, caregivers, and families through collaboration with @Orphanet, @to-cure-a-rose-foundation @CORDS @NORD @globalGenes @MDA OMIM , and more.
#RareDiseases
Ever heard of #HSPB8 #Myopathy (MFM13)? Probably not.
That's exactly why we're shouting about it from the rooftops at the World Orphan Drug Congress.
Check out our poster — and if you're feeling bold, pass it on.
🚀 Exciting news: We are heading to the #WorldOrphanDrugCongress USA 2025!
We’re on a mission to accelerate research for #HSPB8 #myopathy, a rare and progressive disease with no treatment — yet.
📍 Stop by our poster & let’s connect to make breakthroughs happen!
#RareDisease #HSPB8Myopathy
#Neurogenetics alert! Expanding the spectrum of SPTAN1-related neurogenetic disorders: loss-of-function variants associated with pediatric-onset distal #myopathy bit.ly/4jndGBh