European journal of human genetics : EJHG
Rethinking genomics of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy in the telomere-to-telomere era: pitfalls in the hidden landscape of D4Z4 repeats.
Valentina Salsi, Francesca Losi, Sara Pini, Matteo Chiara, Rossella Tupler
Published: 202610.1038/s41431-025-02000-x
Abstract
Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is genetically associated with reduction of the D4Z4 macrosatellite array at 4q35 on a permissive 4qA haplotype, a configuration that enables the stable expression of the DUX4 transcription factor. Curren…
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