The “usual suspects”: genes for inflammation, fibrosis, regeneration, and muscle strength modify Duchenne muscular dystrophy

L Bello, E Pegoraro - Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2019 - mdpi.com
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), the most severe form of dystrophinopathy, is quite
homogeneous with regards to its causative biochemical defect, ie, complete dystrophin …

Cardiorespiratory management of Duchenne muscular dystrophy: emerging therapies, neuromuscular genetics, and new clinical challenges

DJ Birnkrant, L Bello, RJ Butterfield… - The Lancet …, 2022 - thelancet.com
The life-limiting complications of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) include loss of lung
function and progressive cardiomyopathy; when patients are treated with assisted …

Eteplirsen treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy: exon skipping and dystrophin production

JS Charleston, FJ Schnell, J Dworzak, C Donoghue… - Neurology, 2018 - AAN Enterprises
Objective To describe the quantification of novel dystrophin production in patients with
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) after long-term treatment with eteplirsen. Methods …

DMD genotypes and loss of ambulation in the CINRG Duchenne Natural History Study

L Bello, LP Morgenroth, H Gordish-Dressman… - Neurology, 2016 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: To correlate time to loss of ambulation (LoA) and different truncating DMD gene
mutations in a large, prospective natural history study of Duchenne muscular dystrophy …

DMD genotype correlations from the Duchenne Registry: Endogenous exon skipping is a factor in prolonged ambulation for individuals with a defined mutation …

RT Wang, F Barthelemy, AS Martin, ED Douine… - Human …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Antisense oligonucleotide (AON)‐mediated exon skipping is an emerging therapeutic for
individuals with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Skipping of exons adjacent to …

[HTML][HTML] Is it time for genetic modifiers to predict prognosis in Duchenne muscular dystrophy?

L Bello, EP Hoffman, E Pegoraro - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2023 - nature.com
Patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) show clinically relevant phenotypic
variability, despite sharing the same primary biochemical defect (dystrophin deficiency) …

Becker muscular dystrophy severity is linked to the structure of dystrophin

A Nicolas, C Raguénès-Nicol… - Human molecular …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
In-frame exon deletions of the Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) gene produce
internally truncated proteins that typically lead to Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD), a milder …

Genotype–phenotype correlations in Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy patients from the Canadian neuromuscular disease registry

KRQ Lim, Q Nguyen, T Yokota - Journal of Personalized Medicine, 2020 - mdpi.com
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a fatal neuromuscular disorder generally caused by
out-of-frame mutations in the DMD gene. In contrast, in-frame mutations usually give rise to …

Genetic modifiers of respiratory function in Duchenne muscular dystrophy

L Bello, G D'Angelo, M Villa, A Fusto… - Annals of clinical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Respiratory insufficiency is a major complication of Duchenne muscular dystrophy
(DMD). Its progression shows considerable interindividual variability, which has been less …

Genotype characterization and delayed loss of ambulation by glucocorticoids in a large cohort of patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy

S Zhang, D Qin, L Wu, M Li, L Song, C Wei… - Orphanet Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Background Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is the most common genetic muscle
disease in human. We aimed to describe the genotype distribution in a large cohort of …