Han-Xiang Deng, Teepu Siddique and colleagues report that scapuloperoneal spinal muscular atrophy and hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy type IIC are allelic disorders caused by mutations in TRPV4. Their functional studies indicate that the mutations result in increased calcium channel activity.
- Han-Xiang Deng
- Christopher J Klein
- Teepu Siddique