Pharyngeal pathology in a mouse model of oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy is associated with impaired basal autophagy in myoblasts

Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD) is a late-onset dominant disease that primarily affects craniofacial muscles. Despite the fact that the genetic cause of OPMD is known to be expansion mutations in the gene encoding the nuclear polyadenosine RNA binding protein PABPN1, the molecular mechanis...

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Main Authors: Yu Zhang, Christopher Zeuthen, Carol Zhu, Fang Wu, Allison T. Mezzell, Thomas J. Whitlow, Hyojung J. Choo, Katherine E. Vest
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcell.2022.986930/full