Vanessa Chiappini
Study of the feasibility of a soft gelatin methacryloyl-based template to develop cell-derived matrices for screening patients with congenital muscular dystrophies.
Rel. Valeria Chiono. Politecnico di Torino, Corso di laurea magistrale in Ingegneria Biomedica, 2021
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Abstract
Collagen VI-related muscular dystrophies (COL6-RD) are a family of rare diseases associated with collagen VI deficiency, such as the severe Ullrich Congenital Muscular Dystrophy or the intermediate forms of Bethlem Myopathy. The life quality of patients with COL6-RD is highly reduced, due to disabling symptoms, such as respiratory insufficiency, weakness, loss of independent mobility, and joint contracture. Overall, life expectancy is highly decreased, but, to date, there is no effective therapy. Dominant or recessive mutations in one of the three collagen VI genes are considered to be the onset of these diseases. The integrity of the fibrillar network of the collagen VI is lost, altering the incorporation in the extracellular matrix (ECM) and disrupting tissues homeostasis.
Recent studies have revealed that patients' fibroblasts can be employed to explore the pathological characteristics of ECM related to COL6-RD, but further analyses are required to understand the mechanisms that regulate COL6-RD and ECM alterations at the molecular level
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