Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
Muscular Dystrophy, Facioscapulohumeral
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE PAX7 target gene repression is a superior FSHD biomarker than DUX4 target gene activation, associating with pathological severity and identifying FSHD at the single-cell level. 31067297 2019
Muscular Dystrophy, Facioscapulohumeral
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE We developed an evaluator-administered functional facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy composite outcome measure (FSHD-COM) comprising patient-identified areas of functional burden for future clinical trials. 29381807 2018
Muscular Dystrophy, Facioscapulohumeral
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Recent progresses in the understanding of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) genetics opened the way to the development of targeted therapies. 28456937 2018
Muscular Dystrophy, Facioscapulohumeral
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE This review article focuses on the underlying FSHD genetics, current understanding of the pathomechanism, and potential treatment strategies in FSHD. 30361930 2018
Muscular Dystrophy, Facioscapulohumeral
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Currently, the identification of areas that are at risk of FMD virus incursion and spread is a priority for FMD target surveillance after FMD is eradicated from a given country or region. 28552973 2017
Muscular Dystrophy, Facioscapulohumeral
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE However, DUX4 is difficult to detect in FSHD muscle biopsies and it is debatable how robust changes in DUX4 target gene expression are as an FSHD biomarker. 29255294 2017
Muscular Dystrophy, Facioscapulohumeral
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Clinical expression of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy in carriers of 1-3 D4Z4 reduced alleles: experience of the FSHD Italian National Registry. 26733561 2016
Muscular Dystrophy, Facioscapulohumeral
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE We compare molecular combing to Southern blot in the analysis of the facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy type 1 locus (FSHD1) on chromosome 4q35-qter (chr 4q) in genomic DNA specimens sent to a clinical laboratory for FSHD testing. 26420234 2015
Muscular Dystrophy, Facioscapulohumeral
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD: MIM#158900) is a common myopathy with marked but largely unexplained clinical inter- and intra-familial variability. 25256356 2015
Muscular Dystrophy, Facioscapulohumeral
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The expression of this gene is altered by TPE-OLD in myoblasts from patients affected with the age-associated genetic disease, facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD1A, MIM 158900). 26359233 2015
Muscular Dystrophy, Facioscapulohumeral
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE This highlights the importance of the 3A-DCTN3 interaction in FMD virus virulence and provides possible mechanisms of virus attenuation for the development of improved FMD vaccines. 24352458 2014
Muscular Dystrophy, Facioscapulohumeral
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE A panel of FSHD biomarkers including contracted D4Z4 array repeat combined with the 4qA(159/161/168)PAS haplotype has been proposed as molecular signature for defining alleles causally related to FSHD. 24321734 2014
Muscular Dystrophy, Facioscapulohumeral
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Infantile FSHD is relatively rare, amounting to 4% of all of our FSHD patients. 16934468 2006
Muscular Dystrophy, Facioscapulohumeral
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy type 1A (FSHD1A) is an autosomal dominant inherited disorder characterized by early involvement of facial and scapular muscles with eventual spreading to pelvic and lower limb muscles. 15857184 2005
Muscular Dystrophy, Facioscapulohumeral
0.100 GeneticVariation disease LHGDN D4F104S1 deletion in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy: phenotype, size, and detection. 12874395 2003
Muscular Dystrophy, Facioscapulohumeral
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE The most popular model for how the 4q35 array-shortening causes FSHD is that it results in a loss of postulated D4Z4 heterochromatinization, which spreads proximally, leading to overexpression of FSHD genes in cis. 14506132 2003
Muscular Dystrophy, Facioscapulohumeral
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE The gene for FSHD has been mapped to 4q35 (FSHD1A) and is closely linked to D4F1O4S1, which detects two highly polymorphic loci (located at 4q35 and 10q26), with restriction enzyme EcoRI. 9132141 1997
Muscular Dystrophy, Facioscapulohumeral
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The localization of the gene for the majority of cases of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy is established as 4q35-qter (FSHD1A), although locus heterogeneity has been demonstrated with a minority of families unlinked to 4q. 10732819 1997
Muscular Dystrophy, Facioscapulohumeral
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE YAC contigs for 4q35 in the region of the facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) gene. 8188296 1994
Muscular Dystrophy, Facioscapulohumeral
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE We have used recently characterized p13E-11/D4S809 probes that map near or within the FSHD gene to investigate eight sporadic cases of FSHD whose parents showed no signs of disease. 8232958 1993
Muscular Dystrophy, Facioscapulohumeral
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE A genetic map of five polymorphic markers in the area of the facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) gene on chromosome 4q35-qter has been constructed. 1642239 1992
Muscular Dystrophy, Facioscapulohumeral
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Linkage analyses of five chromosome 4 markers localizes the facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) gene to distal 4q35. 1642240 1992
Muscular Dystrophy, Facioscapulohumeral
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Members of an international consortium for linkage analysis of the facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) gene have pooled data for joint analyses, in an attempt to determine the precise location of the FSHD gene and the order of four DNA markers on 4q35 region. 1642237 1992
Muscular Dystrophy, Facioscapulohumeral
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE A family is reported in which the father was affected by facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy FSHD. 1822806 1991
Muscular Dystrophy, Facioscapulohumeral
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE We have recently assigned the facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) gene to chromome 4 by linkage to the microsatellite marker Mfd 22 (locus D4S171). 2037288 1991