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Dysferlin expression after normal myoblast transplantation in SCID and in SJL mice.
Neuromuscular disorders : NMD - 1 Feb 2002
Leriche-Guérin K, Anderson L V B, Wrogemann K, Roy B, Goulet M, Tremblay J P
Abstract excerpt
Limb girdle muscular dystrophy type 2B form and Miyoshi myopathy are both caused by mutations in the recently cloned gene dysferlin. In the present study, we have investigated whether cell transplantation could permit dysferlin expression in vivo. Two transplantation models were used: SCID mice transplanted with normal human myoblasts, and SJL mice, the mouse model for limb girdle muscular dystrophy type 2B and...
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