Inflammatory myopathies are a heterogeneous group of autoimmune diseases characterized by immune-mediated damage to skeletal muscle. They are classified into five major subtypes: inclusion-body ...

Myofibrillar myopathy type 6 (MFM6) is a rare genetic muscle disorder that leads to severe muscle weakness and a drastically shortened life expectancy due to a disruption in muscle protein regulation.

IDIOPATHIC inflammatory myopathies are complex immune-mediated disorders with multisystem involvement, and recent advances are reshaping both classification and treatment approaches. Two-thirds of ...

Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) treatment improves disability, muscle strength and skin symptoms in people with dermatomyositis. These improvements may be large enough to be meaningful in daily life ...

Hanadie Yousef, PhD, co-founder and CEO of Juvena Therapeutics, explores the potential synergy between myopathies and obesity in terms of patient populations and underlying biological mechanisms. In ...

The following is a summary of “Patients with anti-PM/Scl-positive and idiopathic inflammatory myopathy resemble anti-synthetase syndrome,” published in the February 2025 issue of Advances in ...

If your doctor has suggested that you may have a myopathy, you likely have a lot of questions. There are many types of myopathies with different causes and outlooks. Myopathies are a class of diseases ...

Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham now show a way to significantly cut the time needed for that analysis while utilizing more of the heart region, using deep learning and ...

Belonging to the same group of autoimmune diseases, both dermatomyositis and polymyositis cause muscle inflammation and weakness. But dermatomyositis also affects your skin and is more likely to ...

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