Abnormal calcium handling in Duchenne muscular dystrophy: mechanisms and potential therapies

S Mareedu, ED Million, D Duan, GJ Babu - Frontiers in physiology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is an X-linked muscle-wasting disease caused by the
loss of dystrophin. DMD is associated with muscle degeneration, necrosis, inflammation …

Disrupted calcium homeostasis in duchenne muscular dystrophy: A common mechanism behind diverse consequences

B Zabłocka, DC Górecki, K Zabłocki - International Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) leads to disability and death in young men. This
disease is caused by mutations in the DMD gene encoding diverse isoforms of dystrophin …

Dysregulation of calcium handling in duchenne muscular dystrophy-associated dilated cardiomyopathy: mechanisms and experimental therapeutic strategies

ML Law, H Cohen, AA Martin, ABB Angulski… - Journal of clinical …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is an X-linked recessive disease resulting in the loss
of dystrophin, a key cytoskeletal protein in the dystrophin-glycoprotein complex. Dystrophin …

New aspects of calcium signaling in skeletal muscle cells: implications in Duchenne muscular dystrophy

P Gailly - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Proteins and …, 2002 - Elsevier
Calcium is the most ubiquitous second messenger. Its concentration inside the cell is tightly
regulated by a series of mechanisms, among which some have been extensively studied in …

Duchenne muscular dystrophy: pathogenesis and promising therapies

M Chang, Y Cai, Z Gao, X Chen, B Liu, C Zhang… - Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a severe, progressive, muscle-wasting disease,
characterized by progressive deterioration of skeletal muscle that causes rapid loss of …

Current understanding of molecular pathology and treatment of cardiomyopathy in duchenne muscular dystrophy

TLE Van Westering, CA Betts, MJA Wood - Molecules, 2015 - mdpi.com
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a genetic muscle disorder caused by mutations in
the Dmd gene resulting in the loss of the protein dystrophin. Patients do not only experience …

Dysregulation of calcium homeostasis in muscular dystrophies

A Vallejo-Illarramendi, I Toral-Ojeda… - Expert reviews in …, 2014 - cambridge.org
Muscular dystrophies are a group of diseases characterised by the primary wasting of
skeletal muscle, which compromises patient mobility and in the most severe cases originate …

Microtubules underlie dysfunction in duchenne muscular dystrophy

RJ Khairallah, G Shi, F Sbrana, BL Prosser… - Science …, 2012 - science.org
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a fatal X-linked degenerative muscle disease
caused by the absence of the microtubule-associated protein dystrophin, which results in a …

Duchenne muscular dystrophy: Disease mechanism and therapeutic strategies

A Bez Batti Angulski, N Hosny, H Cohen… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a severe, progressive, and ultimately fatal disease
of skeletal muscle wasting, respiratory insufficiency, and cardiomyopathy. The identification …

Absence of Dystrophin Disrupts Skeletal Muscle Signaling: Roles of Ca2+, Reactive Oxygen Species, and Nitric Oxide in the Development of Muscular Dystrophy

DG Allen, NP Whitehead… - Physiological …, 2016 - journals.physiology.org
Dystrophin is a long rod-shaped protein that connects the subsarcolemmal cytoskeleton to a
complex of proteins in the surface membrane (dystrophin protein complex, DPC), with further …