New therapies for Duchenne muscular dystrophy: challenges, prospects and clinical trials

G Cossu, M Sampaolesi - Trends in molecular medicine, 2007 - cell.com
Muscular dystrophies primarily affect skeletal muscle. Mutations in a large number of genes,
mainly encoding cytoskeletal proteins, cause different forms of dystrophy that compromise …

Impending therapies for Duchenne muscular dystrophy

TA Partridge - Current opinion in neurology, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Although genetic and cell-mediated approaches are currently showing genuine promise in
preclinical and clinical trials, there remains considerable interest in the development of …

Therapeutic approaches for Duchenne muscular dystrophy

TC Roberts, MJA Wood, KE Davies - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2023 - nature.com
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a monogenic muscle-wasting disorder and a
priority candidate for molecular and cellular therapeutics. Although rare, it is the most …

Innovative therapeutic approaches for Duchenne muscular dystrophy

F Fortunato, R Rossi, MS Falzarano… - Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is the most common childhood muscular dystrophy
affecting~ 1: 5000 live male births. Following the identification of pathogenic variations in the …

[HTML][HTML] Combined therapies for Duchenne muscular dystrophy to optimize treatment efficacy

G Cordova, E Negroni, C Cabello-Verrugio… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Duchene Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) is the most frequent muscular dystrophy and one of the
most severe due to the absence of the dystrophin protein. Typical pathological features …

Advances in genetic therapeutic strategies for Duchenne muscular dystrophy

S Guiraud, H Chen, DT Burns… - Experimental …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
New Findings What is the topic of this review? This review highlights recent progress in
genetically based therapies targeting the primary defect of Duchenne muscular dystrophy …

Clinical management of Duchenne muscular dystrophy: the state of the art

S Messina, GL Vita - Neurological Sciences, 2018 - Springer
Introduction Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a devastating, progressive
neuromuscular disorder for which there is no cure. As the dystrophin gene is located on the …

Therapeutic developments for Duchenne muscular dystrophy

IEC Verhaart, A Aartsma-Rus - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2019 - nature.com
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is caused by the lack of functional dystrophin protein.
Improvements in patient care and disease management have slowed down disease …

[HTML][HTML] Current pharmacological strategies for Duchenne muscular dystrophy

S Yao, Z Chen, Y Yu, N Zhang, H Jiang… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a lethal, X-linked neuromuscular disorder caused
by the absence of dystrophin protein, which is essential for muscle fiber integrity. Loss of …

Therapy of genetic disorders: novel therapies for Duchenne muscular dystrophy

JT Seto, NE Bengtsson, JS Chamberlain - Current pediatrics reports, 2014 - Springer
Duchenne muscular dystrophy is an inherited, progressive muscle-wasting disorder caused
by mutations in the dystrophin gene. An increasing variety of approaches are moving …