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. 2014 Mar 13;9(5):1515–1532. doi: 10.3892/mmr.2014.2048

Table I.

LGMD classification.

Form Locus Gene Proteinopathies Key references
Autosomal dominant
 LGMD1A 5q31 MYOTM Myotilinopathies (9)
 LGMD1B 1q11-q21 LMNA Lamin A/C opathies (10)
 LGMD1C 3p25 CAV3 Caveolinopathies (11)
 LGMD1D 2q35 DES Desminopathies (12)
 LGMD1E 7q36 DNAJB6 HSP40/DNAJ (13,14)
 LGMD1F 7q32.1-q32.2 - - (15)
 LGMD1G 4p21 - - (16)
 LGMD1H 3p23-p25 - - (17)
Autosomal recessive
 LGMD2A 15q15.1 CAPN3 Calpainopathy (18)
 LGMD2B 2p13 DYSF Dysferlinopathies (19)
 LGMD2Ca 13q12 SGCG γ-sarcoglycanopathy (20)
 LGMD2Da 17q12-q21.33 SGCA α-sarcoglycanopathy (21)
 LGMD2Ea 4q12 SGCB β-sarcoglycanopathy (22)
 LGMD2Fa 5q33 SGCD δ-sarcoglycanopathy (23)
 LGMD2G 17q12 TCAP Telethoninopathy (24)
 LGMD2H 9q31-q34 TRIM32 E3-ubiquitin ligase (25)
 LGMD2Ib 19q13 FKRP Fukutin-related protein (26)
 LGMD2J 2q31 TTN Titinopathies (27)
 LGMD2Kb 9q34.1 POMT1 POMT1 (28)
 LGMD2L 11p14.3 ANO5 Anoctaminopathies (29)
 LGMD2Mb 9p3 FKTN Fukutinopathies (30)
 LGMD2Nb 14q10-q24 POMT2 POMT2 (31)
 LGMD2Ob 1p34-33 POMGnT1 POMGnT1 (32)
 LGMD2Pb 3p21 DAG1 Dystroglycan (33,34)
 LGMD2Q 8q24.3 PLEC Plectinopathies (35)

Nomenclature of LGMD1D/1E was according to OMIM.

a

Sarcoglycanopathies;

b

dystroglycanopathies.

LGMD, limb-girdle muscular dystrophies.