PAX7 target genes are globally repressed in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy skeletal muscle

Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy is a myopathy linked to ectopic expression of the DUX4 transcription factor. The authors show that the suppression of targets genes of the myogenesis regulator PAX7 is a signature of FSHD, and might explain oxidative stress sensitivity and epigenetic changes.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Christopher R. S. Banerji, Maryna Panamarova, Husam Hebaishi, Robert B. White, Frédéric Relaix, Simone Severini, Peter S. Zammit
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-12-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01200-4