Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy and Distal Myopathy

Gene: JAG2

Green List (high evidence)

Mode of inheritance
BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal

Phenotypes
Muscular dystrophy, limb-girdle, autosomal recessive 27, MIM# 619566

Green List (high evidence)

Whole-exome sequencing identified 13 families with rare homozygous or compound heterozygous JAG2 variants. Bi-allelic variants include 10 missense variants that disrupt highly conserved amino acids, a nonsense variant, two frameshift variants, an in-frame deletion, and a microdeletion encompassing JAG2. Onset of muscle weakness occurred from infancy to young adulthood. Serum creatine kinase (CK) levels were normal or mildly elevated. Muscle histology was primarily dystrophic. MRI of the lower extremities revealed a distinct, slightly asymmetric pattern of muscle involvement with cores of preserved and affected muscles in quadriceps and tibialis anterior, in some cases resembling patterns seen in POGLUT1-associated muscular dystrophy.
Sources: Literature

Created: 3 May 2021, 6:24 a.m.

Mode of inheritance
BIALLELIC, autosomal or pseudoautosomal

Phenotypes
muscular dystrophy

Publications

• PMID: 33861953