Frameshift deletions of exons 3-7 and revertant fibers in Duchenne muscular dystrophy: mechanisms of dystrophin production.

AV Winnard, JR Mendell, TW Prior… - American journal of …, 1995 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) patients with mutations that disrupt the translational
reading frame produce little or no dystrophin. Two exceptions are the deletion of exons 3-7 …

A housekeeping type promoter, located in the 3'region of the Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene, controls the expression of Dp71, a major product of the gene

D Lederfein, D Yaffe, U Nudel - Human molecular genetics, 1993 - academic.oup.com
The 70.8 kDa protein product of the distal part of the giant Duchenne muscular dystrophy
(DMD) gene, Dp71, is expressed in many cell types and tissues. Anchored PCR, primer …

Pattern of deletions of the dystrophin gene in Mexican Duchenne/Becker muscular dystrophy patients: the use of new designed primers for the analysis of the major …

R Coral‐Vázquez, D Arenas, B Cisneros… - American journal of …, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
We have analyzed 59 unrelated Mexican Duchenne/Becker muscular dystrophy patients
(DMD/BMD) using PCR analysis of the 2 prone deletion regions in the DMD gene. Thirty one …

Brain metabolite composition in relation to cognitive function and dystrophin mutations in boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy

R Kreis, K Wingeier, P Vermathen, E Giger… - NMR in …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a hereditary X‐linked recessive disorder affecting
the synthesis of dystrophin, a protein essential for structural stability in muscle. Dystrophin …

Targeted inactivation of Dp71, the major non-muscle product of the DMD gene: differential activity of the Dp71 promoter during development

R Sarig, V Mezger-Lallemand, I Gitelman… - Human Molecular …, 1999 - academic.oup.com
The dystrophin gene, which is defective in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), also
encodes a number of smaller products controlled by internal promoters. Dp71, which …

Characterization of revertant muscle fibers in Duchenne muscular dystrophy, using exon-specific monoclonal antibodies against dystrophin.

LT Thanh, TM Nguyen, TR Helliwell… - American journal of …, 1995 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Most Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) patients have genetic deletions or point
mutations in the dystrophin gene that alter the reading frame of dystrophin mRNA. This …

A very small frame-shifting deletion within exon 19 of the Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene

M Matsuo, T Masumura, T Nakajima, Y Kitoh… - Biochemical and …, 1990 - Elsevier
We report the molecular characterization of a Japanese Duchenne muscular dystrophy
(DMD) patient. The analysis of genomic gene by polymerase chain reaction indicates that …

Early neurodevelopmental assessment in Duchenne muscular dystrophy

M Pane, R Scalise, A Berardinelli, G D'Angelo… - Neuromuscular …, 2013 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to assess neurodevelopmental profile in young boys affected by
Duchenne muscular dystrophy and to establish the correlation between …

Ocular and neurodevelopmental features of Duchenne muscular dystrophy: a signature of dystrophin function in the central nervous system

V Ricotti, H Jägle, M Theodorou, AT Moore… - European Journal of …, 2016 - nature.com
Multiple isoforms of dystrophin (Dp427, Dp260, Dp140, Dp71) are expressed differentially in
the central nervous system (CNS) including the retinal layers. Disruption of these protein …

Psychopathological assessment in children affected by Duchenne de Boulogne muscular dystrophy.

M Roccella, R Pace, MT De Gregorio - Minerva Pediatrica, 2003 - europepmc.org
BACKGROUND: Several studies on the intelligence of children suffering from Duchenne
muscular dystrophy (DMD) found impairments in linguistic functions, memory and affective …