Article
Recent insights into neuromuscular junction biology in Duchenne muscular dystrophy: Impacts, challenges, and opportunities.
EBioMedicine - 1 Nov 2020
Ng Sean Y, Ljubicic Vladimir
Abstract excerpt
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is the most common and relentless form of muscular dystrophy. The pleiotropic effects of dystrophin deficiency include remarkable impacts on neuromuscular junction (NMJ) structure and function. Some of these alterations contribute to the severe muscle wasting and weakness that distinguish DMD, while others attempt to compensate for them. Experimental approaches that correct NMJ...
Topics
- Animals
- Biomarkers
- Disease Models, Animal
- Disease Susceptibility
- Dystrophin
- Electrophysiological Phenomena
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Genetic Association Studies
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Molecular Targeted Therapy
- Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne
- Mutation
- Neuromuscular Junction
- Phenotype
- Signal Transduction