Metabolic remodeling agents show beneficial effects in the dystrophin<it>-</it>deficient <it>mdx</it> mouse model

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a genetic disease involving a severe muscle wasting that is characterized by cycles of muscle degeneration/regeneration and culminates in early death in affected boys. Mitochondria are presumed to be in...

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Main Authors: Jahnke Vanessa E, Van Der Meulen Jack H, Johnston Helen K, Ghimbovschi Svetlana, Partridge Terrence, Hoffman Eric P, Nagaraju Kanneboyina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-08-01
Series:Skeletal Muscle
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Online Access:http://www.skeletalmusclejournal.com/content/2/1/16