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Different atrophy-hypertrophy transcription pathways in muscles affected by severe and mild spinal muscular atrophy.
BMC medicine - 7 Apr 2009
Millino Caterina, Fanin Marina, Vettori Andrea, Laveder Paolo, Mostacciuolo Maria Luisa, Angelini Corrado, Lanfranchi Gerolamo
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a neurodegenerative disorder associated with mutations of the survival motor neuron gene SMN and is characterized by muscle weakness and atrophy caused by degeneration of spinal motor neurons. SMN has a role in neurons but its deficiency may have a direct effect on muscle tissue. METHODS: We applied microarray and quantitative real-time PCR to study at transcriptional...
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