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Oxidative stress and successful antioxidant treatment in models of RYR1-related myopathy.
Brain : a journal of neurology - 1 Apr 2012
Dowling James J, Arbogast Sandrine, Hur Junguk, Nelson Darcee D, McEvoy Anna, Waugh Trent, Marty Isabelle, Lunardi Joel, Brooks Susan V, Kuwada John Y, Ferreiro Ana
Abstract excerpt
The skeletal muscle ryanodine receptor is an essential component of the excitation-contraction coupling apparatus. Mutations in RYR1 are associated with several congenital myopathies (termed RYR1-related myopathies) that are the most common non-dystrophic muscle diseases of childhood. Currently, no treatments exist for these disorders. Although the primary pathogenic abnormality involves defective...
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