Prof. Dr. Uwe Kornak, MD (Göttingen, Germany): The Secretory Pathway, Glycosylation, and Cutis Laxa

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Secreted proteins and membrane proteins have to pass through the secretory pathway, which is not only responsible for the transport to the correct cellular compartment, but also for the maturation and modification of these proteins. A central part of the secretory pathway is the Golgi compartment, which consists of several « pancake-like » membrane sacks (cisternae).

One important modification is glycosylation, which has been found altered in a whole group of Cutis Laxa disorders, that are also named congenital disorders of glycosylation (CDG).

Mrs Aude Beyens, MD (Ghent, Belgium): Structural defects of Connective Tissue Proteins and CL

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Elastic fiber assembly, or elastogenesis, is a complex process that is precisely regulated in a spatiotemporal manner and depends on proper growth factor signaling and mechanosensing.

 

The underlying molecular defect in cutis laxa syndromes affect the synthesis and/or association associated extracellular matrix proteins.

Prof. Gerhard Sengle (Köln, Germany): Matrix Biology – What can we learn from animal modelling ?

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Understanding how the fine tune mechanisms of elastic fibers formation is perturbed in the different types of Cutis Laxa is crucial to design molecular therapies in preclinical trials using animal models.

Canal JDP

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On 3rd December 2022, during the Dermatology Days of Paris (JDP),

organised by the French Society of Dermatology,

Marie-Claude Boiteux interviewed Pr Ludovic Martin for “Canal JDP”:

 

20 YEARS AGO ……

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Cécile was diagnosed in 1992.

8 years later, she appeared for the first time on TV screens.

On 11th November 2001 we set up Cutis Laxa Internationale. But there was no research programm. We knew of 9 patients.

One month later,  we appealled on TV screens during the Telethon (Fudraising event). We needed a 10th patient for a research programm to be launched.

Annie Moissin, who was responsible for relationship with patients for orphan disorders at that time, heard our call. She tells here (in French) what happened next.

Thanks to you Annie,

Thanks to Solhand of which you are now the Chair.,

One can do nothing alone, Together we are stronger, we go further.

Marie-Claude Boiteux

Chair of Cutis Laxa Internationale,  Cécile’s mother

6th CUTIS LAXA DAYS

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The 6th Cutis Laxa  Days will be held at the University Hospital of Ghent( Belgium)

on 14th, 15th and 16th September 2022