Name

SMAR Gene

Spinal muscular atrophy, chronic distal, autosomal recessive

SMAL Gene

spinal muscular atrophy, congenital nonprogressive, of lower limbs

SMAJ Gene

Spinal muscular atrophy, Jokela type

MDRV Gene

muscular dystrophy, with rimmed vacuoles

MLIP Gene

muscular LMNA-interacting protein

Predicted to enable lamin binding activity and transcription corepressor activity. Predicted to be involved in negative regulation of cardiac muscle hypertrophy in response to stress; negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II; and positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II. Predicted to be located in PML body; nuclear envelope; and sarcolemma. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Mar 2025]

LGMD1H Gene

limb girdle muscular dystrophy 1H (autosomal dominant)

LGMD1G Gene

limb girdle muscular dystrophy 1G (autosomal dominant)

MDC1B Gene

Muscular dystrophy, congenital, 1B

FSHMD1A Gene

facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy 1A

Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is a common hereditary disease of muscle. Patients with FSHD have a chromosomal rearrangement within the subtelomeric region of chromosome 4 (4q35). This region is composed mainly of a polymorphic repeat structure consisting of 3.3 kb repeat units, designated D4Z4. The number of repeat units varies from 10 to more than 100 in the population, however, in FSHD patients only 1-10 repeat units is observed because of a deletion of an integral number of these units. FSHD is caused by an epigenetic mechanism involving the contraction of a subtelomeric macrosatellite repeat, which results in marked hypomethylation of the contracted D4Z4 allele. It is likely not the structure, but the deregulation of transcription of one or more genes as a result of repeat-contraction-mediated chromatin alterations, that causes FSHD. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2011]

FSHMD1B Gene

facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy 1B

SCA18 Gene

spinocerebellar ataxia 18 (sensory with neurogenic muscular atrophy)

MDCMP Gene

muscular dystrophy, congenital, merosin-positive

PBCRA1 Gene

progressive bifocal chorioretinal atrophy 1

PSNP2 Gene

supranuclear palsy, progressive, 2

PSNP3 Gene

Supranuclear palsy, progressive, 3

MCDR4 Gene

macular dystrophy, retinal, 4 (North Carolina type with progressive sensorineural hearing loss)

HPP1 Gene

hyperpigmentation, progressive, 1

GPSC Gene

gliosis, familial progressive subcortical

NEDE Gene

nephropathy, progressive, with deafness

PFHB2 Gene

Progressive familial heart block, type II

RFH1 Gene

Renal failure, progressive, with hypertension

HBN1 Gene

Progressive familial heart block, type I, locus 1

CLN8 Gene

ceroid-lipofuscinosis, neuronal 8 (epilepsy, progressive with mental retardation)

This gene encodes a transmembrane protein belonging to a family of proteins containing TLC domains, which are postulated to function in lipid synthesis, transport, or sensing. The protein localizes to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), and may recycle between the ER and ER-Golgi intermediate compartment. Mutations in this gene are associated with a disorder characterized by progressive epilepsy with cognitive disabilities (EPMR), which is a subtype of neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (NCL). Patients with mutations in this gene have altered levels of sphingolipid and phospholipids in the brain. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2017]

PRCD Gene

progressive rod-cone degeneration

This gene is predominantly expressed in the retina, and mutations in this gene are the cause of autosomal recessive retinal degeneration in both humans and dogs. Alternatively spliced transcript variants have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Mar 2010]

EPM2A Gene

epilepsy, progressive myoclonus type 2A, Lafora disease (laforin)

This gene encodes a dual-specificity phosphatase and may be involved in the regulation of glycogen metabolism. The protein acts on complex carbohydrates to prevent glycogen hyperphosphorylation, thus avoiding the formation of insoluble aggregates. Loss-of-function mutations in this gene have been associated with Lafora disease, a rare, adult-onset recessive neurodegenerative disease, which results in myoclonus epilepsy and usually results in death several years after the onset of symptoms. The disease is characterized by the accumulation of insoluble particles called Lafora bodies, which are derived from glycogen. [provided by RefSeq, Jan 2018]

CTRCT27 Gene

Cataract, congenital, nuclear progressive

CLAM Gene

cerebellar atrophy with progressive microcephaly