Pestronk Lab
Alan Pestronk, MD
Focused on neuromuscular disorders through clinical and research efforts. The lab investigates conditions like myopathy, neuropathy and myasthenia gravis, emphasizing neuroimmunology, aging and molecular mechanisms to improve diagnosis and treatment.
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Principal investigator
Our team
Recent publications
- Progressive Myopathy and Respiratory Failure in a 7-Year-Old Boy With m.3251A>G MT-TL1 MutationHoang, D., Pestronk, A. & Kafaie, J., Mar 1 2026, In: Journal of clinical neuromuscular disease. 27, 3, p. 89-95 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Integrating Serum Neurofilament Light Chain Into Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Diagnostic CriteriaSmith, S., Miller, T., Atkinson, A., Pestronk, A. & Bucelli, R. C., 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: Muscle and Nerve.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Chronic Immune Peripheral Nerve Myelinopathies—A Plea for PrecisionCrayle, J. & Pestronk, A., Dec 8 2025, In: JAMA Neurology. 82, 12, p. 1207-1208 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Short survey › peer-review
- Dysferlinopathy as cause of long-term hyperCKemia with preserved strengthCheema, I., Goodwin, J., Liewluck, T., Bucelli, R. C., Pestronk, A. & Milone, M., Dec 2025, In: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases. 20, 1, 317.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Gene therapy ameliorates neuromuscular pathology in CLN3 diseaseZiółkowska, E. A., Jablonka-Shariff, A., Williams, L. L., Jansen, M. J., Wang, S. H., Eultgen, E. M., Wood, M. D., Hunter, D. A., Sharma, J., Sardiello, M., Reese, R., Pestronk, A., Sands, M. S., Snyder-Warwick, A. K. & Cooper, J. D., Dec 2025, In: Acta Neuropathologica Communications. 13, 1, 160.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review