The UK myotonic dystrophy patient registry: facilitating and accelerating clinical research [PDF]
Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is the most frequent muscular dystrophy worldwide with complex, multi-systemic, and progressively worsening symptoms. There is currently no treatment for this inherited disorder and research can be challenging due to the ...
Atalaia, Antonio +18 more
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Generation of iMyoblasts from Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
Skeletal muscle stem cells differentiated from human-induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) serve as a uniquely promising model system for investigating human myogenesis and disease pathogenesis, and for the development of gene editing and regenerative ...
Dongsheng Guo +4 more
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Fortnightly review: The muscular dystrophies
The muscular dystrophies are inherited myogenic disorders characterised by progressive muscle wasting and weakness of variable distribution and severity. They can be subdivided into several groups, including congenital forms, in accordance with the distribution of predominant muscle weakness: Duchenne and Becker; Emery-Dreifuss; distal ...
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Dystrophin-deficient mice are used to test corrective strategies for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, but evaluation of dystrophin expression requires collection of tissue samples from specific muscles and time points.
Leonela Amoasii +11 more
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iMyoblasts for ex vivo and in vivo investigations of human myogenesis and disease modeling
Skeletal muscle myoblasts (iMyoblasts) were generated from human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) using an efficient and reliable transgene-free induction and stem cell selection protocol.
Dongsheng Guo +15 more
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The impact of Hnrnpl deficiency on transcriptional patterns of developing muscle cells
We performed nanopore whole‐transcriptome sequencing comparing RNA from Hnrnpl‐knockdown versus control C2C12 myoblasts to investigate the contributions of Hnrnpl to muscle development. Our results indicate that Hnrnpl regulates the expression of genes involved with Notch signaling and skeletal muscle, particularly splicing patterns of specific muscle ...
Hannah R. Littel +8 more
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From Doubt to Diagnosis: Canadian Patient Perspectives on a Limb‐Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Diagnosis
Introduction Limb‐girdle muscular dystrophies (LGMDs) encompass a rare and genetically diverse set of disorders, posing challenges in diagnosis due to the absence of distinct pathological features, leading to frequent misdiagnoses and inadequate symptom ...
Homira Osman +6 more
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Abnormality of water homeostasis of Muscular dystrophic chicken [PDF]
The muscular dystrophy chicken has been studying as model animal of muscular dystrophy for more than 50 years. Recently, the mutation of WW domain containing E3 ubiquitin protein ligase 1 (WWP1) gene has been identified as a responsible for muscular ...
Saito, Noboru
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Medium to long-term outcome of thoracoscapular arthrodesis with screw fixation for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy [PDF]
Background: Shoulder girdle muscle weakness is the most constant feature of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy and leads to scapular winging. Mechanical fixation of the scapula to the thoracic wall provides a stable fulcrum on which the deltoid ...
Atoun, Ehud +5 more
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Long‐Term Evaluation of Givinostat in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, and Natural History Comparisons
ABSTRACT Objectives This ongoing, open‐label extension study is evaluating the long‐term safety, tolerability, and efficacy of givinostat, a Class I and II histone deacetylase inhibitor, in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Methods The recruited patients completed one of two prior clinical studies (one Phase 2 and one Phase 3 [EPIDYS ...
Craig M. McDonald +74 more
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