. . . "In addition to providing mechanical strength to the nucleus, recent discoveries in nuclear-lamina associated human diseases have established intimate connections between the nuclear envelope/lamina, and processes such as gene expression, DNA repair, cell cycle progression and chromatin organization (Liu et al., 2005; Nagano and Arahata, 2000; Chi et al., 2009a; Capell and Collins, 2006; Worman and" . . .