Reducing sarcolipin expression mitigates Duchenne muscular dystrophy and associated cardiomyopathy in mice

Autor: Antanina Voit, Vishwendra Patel, Ronald Pachon, Vikas Shah, Mohammad Bakhutma, Erik Kohlbrenner, Joseph J. McArdle, Louis J. Dell’Italia, Jerry R. Mendell, Lai-Hua Xie, Roger J. Hajjar, Dongsheng Duan, Diego Fraidenraich, Gopal J. Babu
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-14 (2017)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-01146-7
Popis: Sarcolipin is an inhibitor of the ATP dependent calcium pump SERCA, and is abnormally elevated in Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The authors show that reducing sarcolipin expression ameliorates skeletal muscle pathology and cardiomyopathy and extends life span in mouse models of DMD.
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