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Deletion of atrophy enhancing genes fails to ameliorate the phenotype in a mouse model of spinal muscular atrophy.
Neuromuscular disorders : NMD - 1 May 2014
Iyer Chitra C, McGovern Vicki L, Wise Dawnne O, Glass David J, Burghes Arthur H M
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Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is an autosomal recessive disease causing degeneration of lower motor neurons and muscle atrophy. One therapeutic avenue for SMA is targeting signaling pathways in muscle to ameliorate atrophy. Muscle Atrophy F-box, MAFbx, and Muscle RING Finger 1, MuRF1, are muscle-...
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