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Detailed genetic and functional analysis of the hDMDdel52/mdx mouse model.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2020
Yavas Alper, Weij Rudie, van Putten Maaike, Kourkouta Eleni, Beekman Chantal, Puoliväli Jukka, Bragge Timo, Ahtoniemi Toni, Knijnenburg Jeroen, Hoogenboom Marlies Elisabeth, Ariyurek Yavuz, Aartsma-Rus Annemieke, van Deutekom Judith, Datson Nicole
Abstract excerpt
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a severe, progressive neuromuscular disorder caused by reading frame disrupting mutations in the DMD gene leading to absence of functional dystrophin. Antisense oligonucleotide (AON)-mediated exon skipping is a therapeutic approach aimed at restoring the reading frame at the pre-mRNA level, allowing the production of internally truncated partly functional dystrophin proteins....
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