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Long-Term Preservation of Cardiac Structure and Function After Adeno-Associated Virus Serotype 9-Mediated Microdystrophin Gene Transfer in <i>mdx</i> Mice
16 Jan 2012
Abstract excerpt
Dystrophin plays an important role in muscle contraction, linking the intracellular cytoskeleton to the extracellular matrix. Mutations of the dystrophin gene leading to a complete loss of the protein cause Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), frequently associated with severe cardiomyopathy. Early clinical trials in DMD using gene transfer to skeletal muscle are underway, but gene transfer to dystrophic cardiac...
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