Novel insights in the disease biology of mutant small heat shock proteins in neuromuscular diseases.

Small heat shock proteins are molecular chaperones that exert diverse cellular functions. To date, mutations in the coding regions of HSPB1 (Hsp27) and HSPB8 (Hsp22) were reported to cause distal hereditary motor neuropathy and Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. Recently, the clinical spectrum of HSPB1 and HSPB8 mutations was expanded to also include myopathies. Here we provide an update on the molecular genetics and biology of small heat shock protein mutations in neuromuscular diseases. © The Author (2017). Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Guarantors of Brain. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com.

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Elias Adriaenssens, Thomas Geuens, Jonathan Baets, Andoni Echaniz-Laguna, Vincent Timmerman. Novel insights in the disease biology of mutant small heat shock proteins in neuromuscular diseases. Brain : a journal of neurology. 2017 Oct 01;140(10):2541-2549

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