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Two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography demonstrates improved myocardial function after intravenous infusion of bone marrow mesenchymal stem in the X-Linked muscular dystrophy mice

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2022
Background Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) are commonly used in regenerative medicine. However, it is not clear whether transplantation of BMSCs can improve cardiac function of the X-Linked Muscular Dystrophy Mice (mdx) and how to detect it ...
Xiao Liu, Shixiang Yao, Min Pan, Yingying Cai, Weihui Shentu, Wenqian Cai, Hongkui Yu   +6 more
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Sequencing protocols to genotype mdx, mdx^4cv, and mdx^5cv mice [PDF]

Muscle & Nerve, 2010
AbstractCurrently available polymerase chain reaction (PCR) genotyping methods for point mutations in the mouse dystrophin gene can lead to false positives and result in wasted time and money due to breeding or treating the wrong mice. Here we describe a simple and accurate method for sequencing the point mutations in mdx, mdx4cv, and mdx5cv mice. This
Glen B, Banks, Ariana C, Combs, Jeffrey S, Chamberlain   +2 more
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RUNX2 Activation in Fibro/Adipogenic Progenitors Promotes Muscle Fibrosis in Muscular Dystrophy. [PDF]

Adv Sci (Weinh)
This study revealed a novel role of the chemokine‐TGF‐β1‐RUNX2 axis in determining the fate of FAP differentiation and modulating muscle fibrosis in patients and mice with muscular dystrophies. ABSTRACT Clinical evidence indicates concurrent muscle inflammation and fibrosis in muscular dystrophies (MDs); however, the molecular mechanisms underlying ...
Wu P, Zhang Z, Zheng K, Zhu Z, Zhu Y, Kiram A, Zhao L, Chen H, Xu Z, Li X, Sun B, Li Z, Xu D.   +12 more
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Cmah-dystrophin deficient mdx mice display an accelerated cardiac phenotype that is improved following peptide-PMO exon skipping treatment [PDF]

, 2018
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is caused by loss of dystrophin protein, leading to progressive muscle weakness and premature death due to respiratory and/or cardiac complications.
Ball, V, Betts, C A, Gait, M J, Godfrey, C, Hammond, S M, Healicon, R, Manzano, R, McClorey, G, Merritt, T M, Muses, S, O'Donovan, L, Tyler, D, Wells, D J, Wells, K E, Westering, T, Wood, M J   +15 more
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Bioengineered AAV9 and Optimised Microdystrophin Vectors Augment Phenotypic Rescue in a Murine Model of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. [PDF]

J Cell Mol Med
ABSTRACT Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a severe neuromuscular disorder without an effective cure. Adeno‐associated virus (AAV) based gene therapy has improved dystrophin function, with sub‐optimal clinical outcomes. We reasoned that a combination of rational engineering of AAV9 capsids modified at the post‐translational modification sites ...
Senthilkumar MB, Sharma S, Srinivasan N, Varghese A, Sarangi P, Singh V, Kumar N, Yenurkar D, Mukherjee S, Amit S, Bhatia S, Misra SK, Puri RD, Chamberlain J, Jayandharan GR.   +14 more
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"Of Mice and Measures": A Project to Improve How We Advance Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Therapies to the Clinic [PDF]

, 2018
A new line of dystrophic mdx mice on the DBA/2J (D2) background has emerged as a candidate to study the efficacy of therapeutic approaches for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). These mice harbor genetic polymorphisms that appear to increase the severity
Aartsma-Rus, A., Bogdanik, L, Davies, K, De Luca, A, Demonbruen, Ar, Duan, D, Elsey, D, Fukada, Si, Girgenrath, M, Gonzalez, Jp, Gordish-Dressman, H, Grounds, Md, Heydemann, A, Kreibich, A, Lutz, C, Nagaraju, K, Nichols, A, Partridge, T, Passini, M, Pazze, Ld, Sanarica, F, Schnell, Fj, Spencer, M, Spurney, C, van Putten, M, Wells, Dj, Willmann, R, Yokota, T, Young, Cs, Zhong, Z   +29 more
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Increased levels of interleukin-6 exacerbate the dystrophic phenotype in mdx mice [PDF]

, 2015
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is characterized by progressive lethal muscle degeneration and chronic inflammatory response. The mdx mouse strain has served as the animal model for human DMD. However, while DMD patients undergo extensive necrosis, the
Berardinelli, Maria Grazia, Camilli, Carlotta, Catizone, Angela, De Benedetti, Fabrizio, Forcina, Laura, Musarò, Antonio, Nicoletti, Carmine, Pelosi, Laura, Rizzuto, Emanuele, Spelta, Elisa, Testa, Erika   +10 more
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A Long-Term Study Evaluating the Effects of Nicorandil Treatment on Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy-Associated Cardiomyopathy in Mice

Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 2022
Background: Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a neuromuscular disease caused by dystrophin gene mutations affecting striated muscle. Due to advances in skeletal muscle treatment, cardiomyopathy has emerged as a leading cause of death.
Melanie Gartz PhD, MS, MHS, Margaret Haberman BS, Mariah J. Prom BS, Margaret J. Beatka BS, Jennifer L. Strande MD, PhD, Michael W. Lawlor MD, PhD   +5 more
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Nintedanib decreases muscle fibrosis and improves muscle function in a murine model of dystrophinopathy [PDF]

, 2018
Duchenne muscle dystrophy (DMD) is a genetic disorder characterized by progressive skeletal muscle weakness. Dystrophin deficiency induces instability of the sarcolemma during muscle contraction that leads to muscle necrosis and replacement of muscle by ...
Díaz Manera, Jordi, Escudero Cuadrado, Luis María, Fernández Simón, Esther, Gallardo, Eduard, Gómez Gálvez, Pedro, Piñol Jurado, Patricia, Suárez Calvet, Xavier   +6 more
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Osteopontin ablation ameliorates muscular dystrophy by shifting macrophages to a pro-regenerative phenotype. [PDF]

, 2016
In the degenerative disease Duchenne muscular dystrophy, inflammatory cells enter muscles in response to repetitive muscle damage. Immune factors are required for muscle regeneration, but chronic inflammation creates a profibrotic milieu that exacerbates
Barton, Elisabeth R, Capote, Joana, Kramerova, Irina, Martinez, Leonel, Miceli, M Carrie, Spencer, Melissa J, Sweeney, H Lee, Vetrone, Sylvia   +7 more
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