[HTML][HTML] Genetic modifiers of muscular dystrophy: implications for therapy

A Heydemann, KR Doherty, EM McNally - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta …, 2007 - Elsevier
muscle degeneration in general. This review will discuss different genetic forms of muscular
dystrophy with an emphasis on phenotypic variability and the presence of genetic modifiers

Advances in genetic therapeutic strategies for Duchenne muscular dystrophy

S Guiraud, H Chen, DT Burns… - Experimental …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
genetically based therapies targeting the primary defect of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. …
This review provides an update on the current genetically based therapies and clinical trials …

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
… reviews genetic modifier studies in DMD to date and discusses the effect of genetic modifiers
on … (inclusion of genotype-stratified subgroup analyses) and therapeutic approaches. The …

Genetic modifiers and phenotype of Duchenne muscular dystrophy: A systematic review and meta-analysis

C Pascual-Morena, I Cavero-Redondo, A Saz-Lara… - Pharmaceuticals, 2021 - mdpi.com
muscular dystrophy (DMD) phenotype. This meta-analysis aims to estimate the association
of genetic … ) and secreted phosphoprotein 1 (SPP1) genes, among others, with age of loss of …

Predicting the severity of Duchenne muscular dystrophy: implications for treatment

SF Nelson, RC Griggs - Neurology, 2011 - AAN Enterprises
… An example of such a genetic modifier identified from a genome-wide screen is the … new
therapeutic targets and provide novel insights into disease pathogenesis, even though the effect

How genetic modifiers influence the phenotype of spinal muscular atrophy and suggest future therapeutic approaches

B Wirth, L Garbes, M Riessland - Current opinion in genetics & …, 2013 - Elsevier
… a large variety of factors is spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), selected herein to exemplify the
role of modifiers and the use of this knowledge gained in developing target-driven therapies. …

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 …
on the recent gene therapies for DMD that aim to compensate for dystrophin deficiency and the …

[HTML][HTML] Causes of clinical variability in Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophies and implications for exon skipping therapies

EP Hoffman - Acta Myologica, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
genetic modifiers in DMD suggests that the ‘effect size’ of the … Effect size of genetic modifiers
can be quantitated in DMD by … Genetic modifiers to date all show about 1-2 years change in …

Genetic modifiers of Duchenne muscular dystrophy and dilated cardiomyopathy

A Barp, L Bello, L Politano, P Melacini, C Calore… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
… We report a putative protective effect of DMD genetic modifiers on the development of
cardiac complications, that might aid in risk stratification if confirmed in independent cohorts. …

Genetic modifiers of D uchenne and facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophies

RM Hightower, MS Alexander - Muscle & nerve, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
… (mdx) mice, have yielded valuable genetic modifiers of disease pathology.32 This Review
consequences of genetic modifiers in the 2 most prevalent forms of muscular dystrophy in …