BACKGROUND Aged skeletal muscle is characterized by an increased incidence of metabolic and functional disorders, which if allowed to proceed unchecked can lead to increased morbidity and mortality. The mechanism(s) underlying the development of these disorders in aging skeletal muscle are not well understood. Protein kinase B (Akt/PKB) is an important regulator of cellular metabolism and survi...

Numerous monogenic causes of growth disorders have been identified. Inheritance of most disorders covered by this panel is autosomal recessive, but familial cutaneous telangiectasia and oropharyngeal predisposition cancer syndrome is considered to have autosomal dominant inheritance. This panel covers, but is not limited to, genes and disorders covered by the subpanels. and therefore enables ef...

Human hereditary nail disorders constitute a rare and heterogeneous group of ectodermal dysplasias. They occur as isolated and/or syndromic ectodermal conditions where other ectodermal appendages are also involved, and can occur associated with skeletal dysplasia. 'Nail disorder, nonsyndromic congenital' (OMIM; Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man) is subclassified into 10 different types. The u...

Numerous monogenic causes of growth disorders have been identified. Inheritance of most disorders covered by this panel is autosomal recessive, but familial cutaneous telangiectasia and oropharyngeal predisposition cancer syndrome is considered to have autosomal dominant inheritance. This panel covers, but is not limited to, genes and disorders covered by the subpanels. and therefore enables ef...

Disorders of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) maintenance are clinically and genetically heterogeneous, embracing recessive mtDNA depletion syndromes affecting children and adult-onset multiple mtDNA deletion disorders. Here we show that mutation of MPV17 - a gene implicated in severe, infantile hepatocerebral mtDNA depletion disorders characterised by a loss of mtDNA copies - can also cause clonally-...