Therapeutic approaches for Duchenne muscular dystrophy: old and new

SJ Mackenzie, S Nicolau, AM Connolly… - Seminars in Pediatric …, 2021 - Elsevier
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is marked by pathogenic variants in the DMD gene,
leading to reduced or absent dystrophin translation, muscle fiber destruction, loss of …

Molecular treatments in Duchenne muscular dystrophy

M Guglieri, K Bushby - Current opinion in pharmacology, 2010 - Elsevier
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is the most common childhood muscular dystrophy
and results from mutations in the dystrophin gene. Currently no treatment is available for this …

Gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy: an update on the latest clinical developments

C Happi Mbakam, JP Tremblay - Expert Review of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is one of the most severe and devastating
neuromuscular hereditary diseases with a male newborn incidence of 20 000 cases each …

Duchenne muscular dystrophy: an updated review of common available therapies

A Salmaninejad, SF Valilou, H Bayat… - International Journal …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Background and purpose: Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a lethal progressive
pediatric muscle disorder and genetically inherited as an X-linked disease that caused by …

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 …

Update on the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy

LR Rodino-Klapac, JR Mendell, Z Sahenk - Current neurology and …, 2013 - Springer
Duchenne muscular dystrophy is the most severe childhood form of muscular dystrophy
caused by mutations in the gene responsible for dystrophin production. There is no cure …

[HTML][HTML] Progress toward gene therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy

JR Chamberlain, JS Chamberlain - Molecular Therapy, 2017 - cell.com
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) has been a major target for gene therapy
development for nearly 30 years. DMD is among the most common genetic diseases, and …

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 …

Duchenne muscular dystrophy: Current treatment and emerging exon skipping and gene therapy approach

G Patterson, H Conner, M Groneman, C Blavo… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is an X-linked recessive neuromuscular disorder that
causes debilitating muscle weakness and atrophy due to a loss of the dystrophin protein …

Therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy: renewed optimism from genetic approaches

RJ Fairclough, MJ Wood, KE Davies - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2013 - nature.com
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a devastating progressive disease for which there
is currently no effective treatment except palliative therapy. There are several promising …