Gentamicin treatment in exercised mdx mice: Identification of dystrophin-sensitive pathways and evaluation of efficacy in work-loaded dystrophic muscle

Aminoglycosides force read through of premature stop codon mutations and introduce new mutation-specific gene-corrective strategies in Duchenne muscular dystrophy. A chronic treatment with gentamicin (32 mg/kg/daily i.p., 8–12 weeks) was performed in exercised mdx mice with the dual aim to clarify t...

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Hauptverfasser: Annamaria De Luca, Beatrice Nico, Jean-François Rolland, Anna Cozzoli, Rosa Burdi, Domenica Mangieri, Viviana Giannuzzi, Antonella Liantonio, Valentina Cippone, Michela De Bellis, Grazia Paola Nicchia, Giulia Maria Camerino, Antonio Frigeri, Maria Svelto, Diana Conte Camerino
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Elsevier 2008-11-01
Schriftenreihe:Neurobiology of Disease
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Online Zugang:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969996108001575