The DMD gene and therapeutic approaches to restore dystrophin.

Abstract excerpt

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a severe X-linked disease characterized by progressive muscle weakness. It is caused by a variety of DMD gene pathogenic variations (large deletions or duplications, and small mutations) which leads to the absence or to a decreased amount of dystrophin protein. The allelic Becker muscular dystrophy is characterized by later onset and milder muscle involvement, and other rarer...

Topics

• Dystrophin
• Exons
• Genetic Therapy
• Humans
• Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne
• Mutation
• Phenotype
• Sarcolemma