EMD, emerin, 2010

N. diseases: 163; N. variants: 29
Source: ALL
Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0410189
Disease: Muscular Dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss
Muscular Dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss
0.400 Biomarker disease CTD_human
CUI: C0410189
Disease: Muscular Dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss
Muscular Dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Several recombinations between EDMD and three proximal Xq28 markers suggest that the EDMD gene is located in distal Xq28. 1998333 1991
CUI: C0410189
Disease: Muscular Dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss
Muscular Dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE A muscle biopsy from an Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EMDM) patient showed complete absence of emerin by both Western blotting and immunohistochemistry, suggesting a simple diagnostic antibody test for EDMD families. 8776595 1996
CUI: C0410189
Disease: Muscular Dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss
Muscular Dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE A novel emerin mutation in a Japanese patient with Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy. 8655156 1996
CUI: C0410189
Disease: Muscular Dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss
Muscular Dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE We report on a Japanese family affected by Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy carrying a novel mutation of the emerin (STA) gene. 9066362 1997
CUI: C0410189
Disease: Muscular Dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss
Muscular Dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss
0.400 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE We propose immunocytochemical evaluation of emerin expression in skin biopsies as a sensitive and more convenient tool for diagnosing X-linked EDMD and, in particular, for distinguishing it from the autosomal dominant form. 9266737 1997
CUI: C0410189
Disease: Muscular Dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss
Muscular Dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Heart-specific localization of emerin: new insights into Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy. 9361031 1997
CUI: C0410189
Disease: Muscular Dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss
Muscular Dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Full-length emerin is completely absent in affected boys from the EDMD families studied. 9132142 1997
CUI: C0410189
Disease: Muscular Dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss
Muscular Dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Expression and subcellular distribution of emerin were studied in lymphoblastoid cell lines established from four patients with Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy containing different mutations in the emerin gene. 9472006 1998
CUI: C0410189
Disease: Muscular Dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss
Muscular Dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE This shows that DNA analysis is necessary to exclude emerin mutations in suspected X-linked EDMD. 9536090 1998
CUI: C0410189
Disease: Muscular Dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss
Muscular Dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE To determine if any of the patients with RSS had mutations of the emerin gene (responsible gene for X-linked EDMD or emerinopathy), we screened the patients for mutations. 9829281 1998
CUI: C0410189
Disease: Muscular Dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss
Muscular Dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Western blot and immunohistochemistry show an absence of emerin in muscle and skin tissues and oral exfoliating cells in male patients with X-EDMD, and a reduction of the protein content with a mosaic expression pattern in female carriers. 10220866 1999
CUI: C0410189
Disease: Muscular Dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss
Muscular Dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Direct sequencing of the emerin gene in 22 families with Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EMD) revealed mutations in 21 (95%), confirming that emerin mutations can be identified in the majority of families with X-linked EMD. 10382909 1999
CUI: C0410189
Disease: Muscular Dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss
Muscular Dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The purpose of this study was to search for STA gene defects in three families with clinically typical Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy. 10428430 1999
CUI: C0410189
Disease: Muscular Dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss
Muscular Dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE The Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy phenotype arises from aberrant targeting and binding of emerin at the inner nuclear membrane. 10393813 1999
CUI: C0410189
Disease: Muscular Dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss
Muscular Dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Mutations spanning the emerin gene have been identified in patients with EDMD. 10323252 1999
CUI: C0410189
Disease: Muscular Dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss
Muscular Dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Distinct regions specify the nuclear membrane targeting of emerin, the responsible protein for Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy. 10092874 1999
CUI: C0410189
Disease: Muscular Dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss
Muscular Dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE These include the mislocalization of emerin, an inner nuclear membrane protein, defects in which are implicated in Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EDMD), one of the three major X-linked dystrophies. 10579712 1999
CUI: C0410189
Disease: Muscular Dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss
Muscular Dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE The gene, STA at Xq28, for the commoner X-linked EDMD encodes a 34 kD nuclear membrane protein designated 'emerin', and in almost all cases on immunostaining is absent in muscle, skin fibroblasts, leucocytes and even exfoliative buccal cells, and a mosaic pattern in female carriers. 10838246 2000
CUI: C0410189
Disease: Muscular Dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss
Muscular Dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE We report on a patient with the typical clinical findings of Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy due to a mutation in the emerin gene that should have produced a higher molecular weight protein. 11053683 2000
CUI: C0410189
Disease: Muscular Dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss
Muscular Dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE Genetic studies have now shown that people with mutations in either lamins A/C or emerin, a nuclear membrane protein, develop Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy. 10740265 2000
CUI: C0410189
Disease: Muscular Dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss
Muscular Dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE In addition, we have ruled out the Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy to be allelic with XMEA by direct sequencing of the emerin gene in three of our families. 10757644 2000
CUI: C0410189
Disease: Muscular Dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss
Muscular Dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy (EMD or EDMD) is a rare X-linked recessive disorder, characterized by progressive muscle wasting and weakness, contractures, and cardiomyopathy, manifesting as heart block. 11385714 2001
CUI: C0410189
Disease: Muscular Dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss
Muscular Dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss
0.400 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Mutations in the STA gene, encoding the nuclear envelope protein emerin, are responsible for X-linked EDMD, while mutations in the LMNA gene encoding lamins A and C by alternative splicing have been found in patients with autosomal dominant, autosomal recessive, and sporadic forms of EDMD. 11503164 2001
CUI: C0410189
Disease: Muscular Dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss
Muscular Dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss
0.400 Biomarker disease BEFREE The genes known to be responsible for EDMD encode proteins associated with the nuclear envelope: the emerin and the lamins A and C. 11973618 2002