The potential of utrophin and dystrophin combination therapies for Duchenne muscular dystrophy

S Guiraud, B Edwards, A Babbs… - Human Molecular …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a lethal neuromuscular disorder caused by loss of
dystrophin. Several therapeutic modalities are currently in clinical trials but none will achieve …

Utrophin upregulation for treating Duchenne or Becker muscular dystrophy: how close are we?

P Miura, BJ Jasmin - Trends in molecular medicine, 2006 - cell.com
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a severe muscle-wasting disorder for which there is
currently no effective treatment. This disorder is caused by mutations or deletions in the …

Therapeutic strategies for Duchenne and Becker dystrophies

V Voisin, S de La Porte - Int Rev Cytol, 2004 - books.google.com
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a severe X-linked genetic disease affecting one in
3500 boys, is the most common myopathy in children. DMD is due to a lack of dystrophin, a …

Alternative utrophin mRNAs contribute to phenotypic differences between dystrophin‐deficient mice and Duchenne muscular dystrophy

KJ Perkins, KE Davies - FEBS letters, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a fatal disorder caused by absence of functional
dystrophin protein. Compensation in dystrophin‐deficient (mdx) mice may be achieved by …

Molecular, cellular, and pharmacological therapies for Duchenne/Becker muscular dystrophies

JV Chakkalakal, J Thompson, RJ Parks… - The FASEB …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Although the molecular defect causing Duchenne/Becker muscular dystrophy (DMD/BMD)
was identified nearly 20 years ago, the development of effective therapeutic strategies has …

Utrophin modulator drugs as potential therapies for Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophies

P Soblechero‐Martín, A López‐Martínez… - Neuropathology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Utrophin is an autosomal paralogue of dystrophin, a protein whose deficit causes Duchenne
and Becker muscular dystrophies (DMD/BMD). Utrophin is naturally overexpressed at the …

Non-toxic ubiquitous over-expression of utrophin in the mdx mouse

R Fisher, JM Tinsley, SR Phelps, SE Squire… - Neuromuscular …, 2001 - Elsevier
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is an inherited, severe muscle wasting disease
caused by the loss of the cytoskeletal protein, dystrophin. Patients usually die in their late …

Utrophin upregulation in Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

RC Hirst, KJ McCullagh, KE Davies - Acta myologica: myopathies …, 2005 - europepmc.org
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) is a devastating, progressive muscle wasting disease
for which there is currently no effective treatment. DMD is caused by mutations in the …

The role of utrophin in the potential therapy of Duchenne muscular dystrophy

KJ Perkins, KE Davies - Neuromuscular disorders, 2002 - Elsevier
Duchenne muscular dystrophy is an X-linked recessive muscle wasting disease caused by
the absence of the muscle cytoskeletal protein, dystrophin. Dystrophin is a member of the …

Duchenne muscular dystrophy drug discovery–the application of utrophin promoter activation screening

C Moorwood, TS Khurana - Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a devastating genetic muscle wasting
disease caused by mutations in the DMD gene that in turn lead to an absence of dystrophin …