ITGA7 and myopathy: Ten possible candidate genes were considered on the basis of the following criteria: either i) their direct interaction with collagen VI, as in the case of HSPG2 [13], ITGA1, ITGA2, ITGB1 [14], DNC and BGN [15]; ii) their secondary involvement in collagen VI-deficient tissues, as in NG2-proteoglycan [16,17], ITGA5 and ITGA7 [18,19], or iii) their mutations causing an overlapping phenotype with collagen VI-related myopathies, as in TNXB [20].