BACKGROUND Duchenne muscular dystrophy(DMD)is a severe lethal X-linked monogenic recessive congenital muscular dystrophy caused by various types of mutations in the dystrophin gene(DG).It is one of the most common hum...
AIM:To assess tomographic changes and subclinical edema detection in Fuchs’endothelial corneal dystrophy(FECD)through Scheimpflug tomography in a group of phakic patients contemplating cataract surgery.METHODS:A retr...
funded by grants from the Beijing Municipal Science&TechnologyCommission(China)(No.Z211100002921005 to W.W.);National High-Level Hospital Clinical Research Funding(China)(No.2022-NHLHCRF-PY-12 to W.W.);Hubei Provincial Department of Education's Scientific and Technological Research Project(China)(No.Q20211207 to Y.L.);Yichang Medical and Health Science and Technology Project(Hubei,China)(No.A22-2-069 to Y.L.);the Open Foundation of Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Tumor Microenvironment and Immunotherapy(China)(No.2023KZL08 to Y.L.).
Krabbe disease,also known as globoid cell leukodystrophy,is a rare lysosomal storage disorder.It is primarily caused by mutations in the GALC gene on chromosome 14q31,leading to GALC enzyme deficiency in lysosomes.Thi...
Recently Zhang et al.(2024) published their study entitled “Lentivirus-modified hematopoietic stem cell gene therapy for advanced symptomatic juvenile metachromatic leukodystrophy: A long-term follow-up pilot study....
supported by the ForTra gGmbH für Forschungstransfer der EKFS(2018_T20;2022_EKSE.41);A.M.and C.K.by the European Research Council(ERC,101141820 and 101021043);E.W.by the Leducq Foundation(Network 23CVD01).
In a recent study published in Cell,Ren and colleagues1 present a new rhesus macaque(Macaca mulatta)model for Duchenne muscular dystrophy(DMD)and a comprehensive single-cell analysis of skeletal muscle,providing detai...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.82073439 and 82373475).
Dear Editor,Acrodermatitis continua of Hallopeau(ACH),a rare and chronic variant of pustular psoriasis,is characterized by atrophic skin changes,sterile pustules,onychodystrophy,and osteolysis of the distal phalanges ...
Dear Editor,Penetrating keratoplasty(PKP)in pediatric corneal blindness(<18 years of age)is the standard surgical procedure for visual rehabilitation in full thickness corneal scarring and to avoid deprivation amblyop...
Background: This case report presents a case of bilateral Thiel-Behnke corneal dystrophy in Denmark. Thiel-Behnke is an autosomal dominant inherited epithelial-stromal TGFBI dystrophy causing visual impairment. Method...
supported by National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2022YFC2704700,2022YFC2704703 to L.M.S.);Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission(No.21Y11907500,23DZ2303400 to L.M.S.);National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.82071656 to L.M.S.);NationalNatural Science Foundation of China(No.82171393 to H.X.).
Fukuyama congenital muscular dystrophy(FCMD)is an autosomal recessive disorder first described by Fukuyama in 1960.1 It typically manifests with generalized muscle weakness and hypotonia from infancy,often requiring a...