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Improvement of muscle strength in a mouse model for congenital myopathy treated with HDAC and DNA methyltransferase inhibitors.
eLife - 3 Mar 2022
Ruiz Alexis, Benucci Sofia, Duthaler Urs, Bachmann Christoph, Franchini Martina, Noreen Faiza, Pietrangelo Laura, Protasi Feliciano, Treves Susan, Zorzato Francesco
Abstract excerpt
To date there are no therapies for patients with congenital myopathies, muscle disorders causing poor quality of life of affected individuals. In approximately 30% of the cases, patients with congenital myopathies carry either dominant or recessive mutations in the ryanodine receptor 1 (RYR1) gene; recessive RYR1 mutations are accompanied by reduction of RyR1 expression and content in skeletal muscles and are...
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