Naoto Sugeno, Satoko Kumada, Hirofumi Kashii, Jun Ikezawa, Toshitaka Kawarai, Takaaki Nakamura, Ako Miyata, Shun Ishiyama, Kazuki Sato, Shun Yoshida, Hutoshi Sekiguchi, Kohei Hamanaka, Satoko Miyatake, Noriko Miyake, Naomichi Matsumoto, Hiroyuki Akagawa, Kenjiro Kosaki, Hiroshi Yoshihashi, Takafumi Hasegawa, Masashi Aoki
BACKGROUND: DYT-KMT2B, also known as DYT28, is a childhood-onset hereditary dystonia caused by KMT2B mutation. The pathogenesis of DYT-KMT2B involves haploinsufficiency of KMT2B, an enzyme that catalyzes specific histone methylation (H3K4me3). Dysmorphic features in patients with DYT-KMT2B suggest that KMT2B dysfunction may extend beyond the neuronal system. Therefore, valuable diagnostic insights may be obtained from readily available tissue samples. OBJECTIVES: To explore the altered H3K4me3 levels in non-neural tissue of DYT-KMT2B patients...
May 27, 2024: Parkinsonism & related Disorders