Interpretation of the Epigenetic Signature of Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy in Light of Genotype-Phenotype Studies

Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is characterized by incomplete penetrance and intra-familial clinical variability. The disease has been associated with the genetic and epigenetic features of the D4Z4 repetitive elements at 4q35. Recently, D4Z4 hypomethylation has been proposed as a rel...

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Main Authors: Ana Nikolic, Takako I Jones, Monica Govi, Fabiano Mele, Louise Maranda, Francesco Sera, Giulia Ricci, Lucia Ruggiero, Liliana Vercelli, Simona Portaro, Luisa Villa, Chiara Fiorillo, Lorenzo Maggi, Lucio Santoro, Giovanni Antonini, Massimiliano Filosto, Maurizio Moggio, Corrado Angelini, Elena Pegoraro, Angela Berardinelli, Maria Antonetta Maioli, Grazia D’Angelo, Antonino Di Muzio, Gabriele Siciliano, Giuliano Tomelleri, Maurizio D’Esposito, Floriana Della Ragione, Arianna Brancaccio, Rachele Piras, Carmelo Rodolico, Tiziana Mongini, Frederique Magdinier, Valentina Salsi, Peter L. Jones, Rossella Tupler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-04-01
Series:International Journal of Molecular Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/21/7/2635